Spectral mouth colour of nestlings changes with carotenoid availability

Thorogood, R.; Kilner, R.; Karadaş, Filiz; EWEN, J.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01455.x

Spectral mouth colour of nestlings changes with carotenoid availability

Atıf İçin Kopyala

Thorogood R., Kilner R. M. , Karadaş F. , EWEN J. G.

FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, cilt.22, ss.1044-1051, 2008 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

Cilt numarası: 22 Konu: 6
Basım Tarihi: 2008
Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01455.x
Dergi Adı: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1044-1051

Özet

Despite the proliferation of studies on the role of nestling mouth colour in parent-offspring communication, there has been very little work regarding the proximate mechanism for mouth pigmentation.