Cosmetic colouring by Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus: still no evidence for an antibacterial function

Bearded Vultures regularly visit ferruginous springs for cosmetic purposes to obtain their reddish plumage colouration. Different hypotheses have been proposed to explain this deliberate application of adventitious colouration: (1) to signal individual dominance status; (2) to exploit an anti-bacter...

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Autores principales: Margalida, Antoni, Braun, Markus S., Negro, Juan José, Schulze-Hagen, Karl, Wink, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
Materias:
Ecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143529
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6783

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31143529
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6783

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