The health signalling of ornamental traits in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/13:00398392 RIV/61389030:_____/13:00398392 RIV/60460709:41330/13:60312

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-0936-5" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-0936-5</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-0936-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10336-013-0936-5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The health signalling of ornamental traits in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

Original language description

Birds express various secondary ornaments that can indicate individual condition and health. Amongst these, red-coloured carotenoid-based ornaments are supposed to be particularly valuable predictors of individual quality, due to their sensitivity to oxidative stress. Nevertheless, melanin-pigmented traits might also signal health and immune functions. Both types of ornaments may be either skin-based or feather-based, each differing in their dynamics. In the present study, we compared the health- and stress-indicating capacity of melanin-based feather ornamentation and putatively carotenoid-based skin ornamentation in a single species-the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix), a vulnerable avian species of the European agricultural landscape. In captive males, we firstly verified the carotenoid content of the red-coloured skin tissue behind the eye by chromatography (HPLC). Secondly, we assessed the individual health status of all males by examining differential leukocyte count, the frequency

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal für Ornithologie

ISSN

0021-8375

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

154

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

717-725

UT code for WoS article

000323930500011

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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