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Foraging for carotenoids: do colorful male hihi target carotenoid-rich foods in the wild?

Dietary access to carotenoids is expected to determine the strength of carotenoid-based signal expression and potentially to maintain signal honesty. Species that display carotenoid-based yellow, orange, or red plumage are therefore expected to forage selectively for carotenoid-rich foods when they...

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Autores principales: Walker, Leila K., Thorogood, Rose, Karadas, Filiz, Raubenheimer, David, Kilner, Rebecca M., Ewen, John G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4160110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25214753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/aru076