Eggshell colour is more strongly affected by maternal identity than by dietary antioxidants in a captive poultry system

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 912-920

  Dearborn, Donald C ^a,b   Hanley, Daniel ^b,c   Ballantine, Katherine ^b   Cullum, John ^b   Reeder, Deeann M ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Biliverdin; Diet; Eggshell colour; Sexual signalling hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIETARY SHIFT; EGGSHELL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATURATION; PIGMENT; POULTRY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; STANDARDIZATION; VITAMIN;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84864017598     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02001.x     Document Type: Article

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