Does egg colouration signal female and egg quality in reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)?

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-143

  Kristofik J ^a   Darolova A ^a   Griggio, M ^b   Majtan J ^a,c   Okuliarova M ^d   Zeman, M ^d   Zidkova L ^e   Hoi, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

egg quality; egg yolk testosterone; eggshell colouration; female quality; lysozyme; multiple signals; reed warbler

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COLOR; EGGSHELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PIGMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; TESTOSTERONE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; AVES; ISOSPORA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 84876482362     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2012.744357     Document Type: Article

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