Free and esterified carotenoids in ornaments of an avian species: The relationship to color expression and sources of variability

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 483-498

  García de Blas, Esther ^a   Mateo, Rafael ^a   Vinũela, Javier ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Lorenzo ^b,c   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAROTENOID; COLOR; ESTER; EYE; ORNAMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SIGNAL;

CAROTENOID; PIGMENT;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BEAK; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEAK; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; MALE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84883477504     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671812     Document Type: Article

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