A window on the past: Male ornamental plumage reveals the quality of their early-life environment

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1756, 2013, Pages

  Walker, Leila K ^a,b   Stevens, Martin ^a,d   Karadaş, Filiz ^c   Kilner, Rebecca M ^a   Ewen, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoid based plumage; Developmental stress hypothesis; Hihi; Melanin based plumage; Nutrition; Structural colours

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PLUME;

PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84878349955     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2852     Document Type: Article

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