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The carotenoid-continuum: carotenoid-based plumage ranges from conspicuous to cryptic and back again

BACKGROUND: Carotenoids are frequently used by birds to colour their plumage with green, yellow, orange or red hues, and carotenoid-based colours are considered honest signals of quality, although they may have other functions, such as crypsis. It is usually assumed that red through yellow colours h...

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Autori principali: Delhey, Kaspar, Roberts, Mark L, Peters, Anne
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2010
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2896926/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20500884
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-10-13
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