Dietary and sexual correlates of carotenoid pigment expression in dove plumage

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Carotenoid pigmentation in birds' plumage is considered an honest indicator of phenotypic quality, and thus a target of sexual selection. But carotenoids also fulfill essential physiological functions, and therefore, carotenoids should only appear in plumage if they are in excess of those neede...

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Autores principales: Mahler, B., Araujo, L.S., Tubaro, P.L.
Formato: JOUR
Materias:
Carotenoid pigments
Columbidae
Dichromatism
Doves
Plumage color
Sexual selection
Aves
Columbiformes
Vertebrata
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00105422_v105_n2_p258_Mahler
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Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA) de Universidad de Buenos Aires

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