Condition-dependent expression of melanin-based coloration in the Eurasian kestrel

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 391-396

  Piault, Romain ^a,b   Van Den Brink, Valentijn ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body condition; Brood size; Handicap models; Melanin; Sexual selection; Signalling

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

BROOD SIZE; COLOR; CONDITION FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; NESTLING; ORNAMENTATION; RAPTOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; TAIL FEATHER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKIN; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANINS; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 84863717184     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0914-4     Document Type: Article

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