Carotenoids increase immunity and sex specifically affect color and redox homeostasis in a monochromatic seabird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1097-1111

  Leclaire, Sarah ^a,b   Bourret, Vincent ^c   Blanchard, Pierrick ^a,b   de Franceschi, Christophe ^a,b   Merkling, Thomas ^a,b   Hatch, Scott A ^d,e   Danchin, Étienne ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria killing ability; Black legged kittiwakes; Carotenoid supplementation; PHA; Redox homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLOR; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PIGMENT; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 84930931343     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-015-1922-0     Document Type: Article

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