Informative content of melanin-based plumage colour in adult Eurasian kestrels

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Parejo, Deseada ^a   Silva, Nadia ^b   Danchin, Étienne ^b   Avilés, Jesús M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; PLUMAGE; RAPTOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 79952019196     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05235.x     Document Type: Article

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