Dietary calcium, but not a glutathione inhibitor, affects bib size in juvenile male house sparrows

Condor

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 921-930

  Stewart, Ian R K ^a   Westneat, David F ^a  

^a Niversity of Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Calcium; Diet; Glutathione; Melanin; Passer Domesticus; Signal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890462975     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.130006     Document Type: Article

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