The adaptive function of melanin-based plumage coloration to trace metals

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chatelain, M ^a   Gasparini, J ^a,b   Jacquin, L ^a,c,d   Frantz, A ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^d Ecologie Comportementale et Biologie des Populations de Poissons   (France)

Author keywords

Melanin based coloration; Polluted environment; Trace metals; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAD; MELANIN; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE METAL; URBANIZATION; WILD POPULATION; ZINC;

LEAD; MELANIN; ZINC;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; MELANIN-BASED COLORATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PIGMENTATION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT; TRACE METALS; URBAN WILDLIFE;

MELANIN-BASED COLORATION; POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT; TRACE METALS; URBAN WILDLIFE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LEAD; MALE; MELANINS; PARIS; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ZINC;

EID: 84898011738     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0164     Document Type: Article

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