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Can House Finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) use non-visual cues to discriminate the carotenoid content of foods?

Mathieu Giraudeau, Auteur ; Matthew B. Toomey, Auteur ; Kevin J. McGraw, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (153(4) OCT 2012)

Carotenoid pigments are involved in different physiological processes (e.g., immunoenhancement, antioxidant activity) in addition to coloring plumage and integuments. As animals cannot synthesize these pigments de novo, it has been proposed that[...]

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