The health signalling of ornamental traits in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix);Zusammenfassung Ornamentmerkmale als Signale für den Gesundheitszustand beim Rebhuhn (Perdix perdix)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 717-725

  Svobodová, Jana ^a   Gabrielová, Barbora ^b   Synek, Petr ^b   Marsik, Petr ^c   Vaněk, Tomáš ^c   Albrecht, Tomáš ^b,d   Vinkler, Michal ^b,d  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Condition dependent; Game bird; Melanin coloration; Phytoheamagglutinin; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CAROTENOID; GAMEBIRD; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MELANIN; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PARASITE; SIGNALING; SKIN;

AVES; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 84879133024     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0936-5     Document Type: Article

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