Pigments versus structure: Examining the mechanism of age-dependent change in a carotenoid-based colour

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 418-428

  Evans, Simon R ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age dichromatism; Aging; Carotenoid availability; Great tit; Within individual change

Indexed keywords

AZEMIOPS FEAE VENOM; CAROTENOID; PIGMENT; VIPER VENOM;

AGE; AGING; ANNUAL VARIATION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; DEMOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROGENEITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLT; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WAVELENGTH;

AGE DICHROMATISM; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAROTENOID AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; MALE; PARUS MAJOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; WITHIN-INDIVIDUAL CHANGE;

AGE DICHROMATISM; AGING; CAROTENOID AVAILABILITY; GREAT TIT; WITHIN-INDIVIDUAL CHANGE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SONGBIRDS; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 84874000659     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12008     Document Type: Article

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