Sleep and vigilance linked to melanism in wild barn owls

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2057-2068

  Scriba, M F ^a,b   Rattenborg, N C ^b   Dreiss, A N ^a   Vyssotski, A L ^c   Roulin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Coloration; Colour polymorphism; Melanin; Melanocortin system; Non REM sleep; Rapid eye movement sleep; Sleep; Slow wave sleep; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

TYTONIDAE;

MELANIN;

ANIMAL; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; OWL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SLEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; FEATHERS; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANINS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SLEEP; STRIGIFORMES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84911991063     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12450     Document Type: Article

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