Are eggshell spottiness and colour indicators of health and condition in blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

By J. Puente, S. Merino, J. Moreno, G. Tomás, J. Morales, E. Lobato, S. García-Fraile, J. Martínez. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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Citations in the corpus

• Avian eggshell coloration: new perspectives on adaptive explanations (2010, background): “Martínez-de la Puente et al. (2007) broadened the sexually selected eggshell coloration hypothesis to include spotting with protoporphyrin, which is an intermediate metabolite of haem biosynthesis.”