Positive Carotenoid Balance Correlates with Greater Reproductive Performance in a Wild Bird

BACKGROUND: Carotenoids can confer somatic and reproductive benefits, but most evidence is from captive animal experimentation or single time-point sampling. Another perhaps more informative means by which to assess physiological contributions to animal performance is by tracking an individual'...

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Autores principales: Safran, Rebecca J., McGraw, Kevin J., Wilkins, Matthew R., Hubbard, Joanna K., Marling, Julie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2828481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009420

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2828481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009420

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