Synchronizing feather-based measures of corticosterone and carotenoid-dependent signals: What relationships do we expect?

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 689-698

  Fairhurst, Graham D ^a   Dawson, Russell D ^b   van Oort, Harry ^c   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Cooper Beauchesne and Associates Limited ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Acanthis flammea; Carotenoid dependent plumage color; Common redpoll; Corticosterone; Feather quality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CAROTENOID; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLUMAGE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIGNALING; SUBSTRATE;

ACANTHIS FLAMMEA; AVES; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA;

CAROTENOID; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEATHER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 84897622143     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2830-5     Document Type: Article

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