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The carotenoid-continuum: carotenoid-based plumage ranges from conspicuous to cryptic and back again
BACKGROUND: Carotenoids are frequently used by birds to colour their plumage with green, yellow, orange or red hues, and carotenoid-based colours are considered honest signals of quality, although they may have other functions, such as crypsis. It is usually assumed that red through yellow colours h...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20500884 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-10-13 |