Carotenoid-dependent signals: indicators of foraging efficiency, immunocompetence or detoxification ability?

By A. Møller, C. Biard, J. D. Blount, D. Houston, P. Ninni, N. Saino, Peter F Surai. 2000

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• The use of multiple cues in mate choice (2003, background): “…physical condition (Hill & Montgomerie, 1994; Linville & Breitwisch, 1997; Olson & Owens, 1998; McGraw & Hill, 2000), especially disease condition (reviewed by Møller et al., 2000), whereas melanin-based colours mostly reflect social status (reviewed in Senar, 1999; but see Fitze & Richner, 2002).”
• Mouth coloration of nestlings covaries with offspring quality and influences parental feeding behavior (2007, background): “honest signals of individual quality (Olson and Owens 1998; Møller et al. 2000; Hill 2002).”
• Carotenoid-based status signalling in red-shouldered widowbirds (Euplectes axillaris): epaulet size and redness affect captive and territorial competition (2003, background): “As a consequence of these multiple acquisition and usage demands, carotenoid ornaments are thought to be particularly sensitive to environmental constraints (e.g. pigment limitation, parasite infection; Olson and Owens 1998; Hill 1999; Grether et al. 1999; Møller et al. 2000).”
• Armaments and ornaments in the rock sparrow: a possible dual utility of a carotenoid-based feather signal (2006, background): “Many studies on male secondary sexual characters have concentrated on these carotenoidbased signals because of their potential link with immune function, parasite resistance, and condition and because these pigments cannot be synthesized de novo but must be obtained from the diet (Hudon 1994; Olson ”
• Growing in Cities: An Urban Penalty for Wild Birds? A Study of Phenotypic Differences between Urban and Rural Great Tit Chicks (Parus major) (2017, unknown): “Supporting the idea that plumage coloration can be related to the nutritional status of individuals under some circumstances, previous studies found that the plumage of infected individuals was paler than that of healthy ones (Møller et al., 2000; Hõrak et al., 2001).”
• Dietary carotenoid pigments and immune function in a songbird with extensive carotenoid-based plumage coloration (2003, background): “This carotenoid-immunocompetence trade-off hypothesis has not been tested directly in a species with extensive carotenoid display (for review, see Hill, 1999; Møller et al., 2000).”
• How coccidian parasites affect health and appearance of greenfinches (2004, background): “(e.g. Lozano 1994; Olson & Owens 1998; Møller et al. 2000).”
• Availability of nonpigmentary antioxidant affects red coloration in gulls (2008, background): “Vertebrates can transform carotenoids through different metabolic routes (Brush 1990; Møller et al. 2000) but cannot synthesize them de novo and, therefore, must acquire them from food.”
• Carotenoid concentration and coloration of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) disrupted by experimental exposure to PCBs (2003, background): “These same molecules also play important roles in maintaining health, e.g. through antioxidant activity, immunological enhancement, and as precursors for vitamin A (Olson & Owens 1998; Møller et al. 2000).”
• Dietary mineral content influences the expression of melanin-based ornamental coloration (2007, unknown): “Carotenoid pigments are derived from food and play important health roles (Lozano 1994; Olson and Owens 1998; Hill 1999; Møller et al. 2000), and it is clear from several studies in several bird species that carotenoid-based colors typically reveal the nutritional and immunological state of…”