Carotenoid supplementation and sex-specific trade-offs between colouration and condition in common tern chicks

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-549

  Benito, María M ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a   Becker, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Physiological trade off; Plasma pigments; Sex allocation; Sterna hirundo chicks; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLOR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLOR; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; PIGMENTATION; SEX; SEX FACTORS;

STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 79953851806     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0537-z     Document Type: Article

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