Condition-dependent strategies of eggshell pigmentation: An experimental study of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 700-708

  Duval, Camille ^a   Cassey, Phillip ^a,b   Miksík, Ivan ^d   Reynolds, S James ^c   Spencer, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Eggshell colouration; Food restriction; Pigment allocation

Indexed keywords

BILIVERDIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COTURNIX; DIET; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BILIVERDINE; COTURNIX; DIET; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84873474305     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.077370     Document Type: Article

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