Why are birds' eggs colourful? Eggshell pigments co-vary with life-history and nesting ecology among British breeding non-passerine birds

Phillip Cassey, Gavin H. Thomas, Steven J. Portugal, Golo Maurer, Mark E. Hauber, Tomáš Grim, P. George Lovell, Ivan Mikšík, Steve Portugal

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)657-672
Number of pages16
JournalBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
Volume106
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2012

Keywords

  • Biliverdin
  • Phylogenetically controlled GLM
  • Protoporphyrin

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