Blue-green eggshell coloration reflects yolk antioxidant content in spotless starlings Sturnus unicolor

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 538-543

  Navarro, Carlos ^a   Pérez Contreras, Tomás ^a   Avilés, Jesús M ^a   Mcgraw, Kevin J ^b   Soler, Juan J ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; COLOR; EGGSHELL; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 84855325527     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05293.x     Document Type: Article

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