Female blue tits with brighter yellow chests transfer more carotenoids to their eggs after an immune challenge

Oecologia

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 387-397

  Midamegbe, Afiwa ^a   Grégoire, Arnaud ^a   Staszewski, Vincent ^b   Perret, Philippe ^a   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^a   Boulinier, Thierry ^a   Doutrelant, Claire ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Female ornaments; Immune challenge; Maternal effects; Plumage colouration; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; EGG; EVOLUTION; FEATHER; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MALE; MATERNAL EFFECT; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

AVES;

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEATHER; FEMALE; FRANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; FRANCE; OVUM; PHOTOMETRY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84884819805     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2617-8     Document Type: Article

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