Viability Is Associated with Melanin-Based Coloration in the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Saino, Nicola ^a   Romano, Maria ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^a   Ambrosini, Roberto ^b   Caprioli, Manuela ^a   Milzani, Aldo ^a   Costanzo, Alessandra ^a   Colombo, Graziano ^a   Canova, Luca ^c   Wakamatsu, Kazumasa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUMELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANOGENESIS; MIGRANT BIRD; PIGMENTATION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; SURVIVAL; SWALLOW (BIRD);

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANINS; MORTALITY; PIGMENTATION; SEX FACTORS; SWALLOWS;

ANIMALIA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84875933113     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060426     Document Type: Article

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