Seasonal Changes in Colour: A Comparison of Structural, Melanin- and Carotenoid-Based Plumage Colours

BACKGROUND: Plumage coloration is important for bird communication, most notably in sexual signalling. Colour is often considered a good quality indicator, and the expression of exaggerated colours may depend on individual condition during moult. After moult, plumage coloration has been deemed fixed...

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Autores principales: Delhey, Kaspar, Burger, Claudia, Fiedler, Wolfgang, Peters, Anne
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/PMC2904367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20644723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011582

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20644723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011582

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