Carotenoids bolster immunity during moult in a wild songbird with sexually selected plumage coloration

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• plumage 100%
• songbird 89%
• molt 88%
• carotenoid 80%
• immunity 79%
• trade-off 8%
• animal 8%
• pigment 8%
• domesticated species 7%
• bird 7%
• photoprotection 6%
• sexual selection 6%
• health 5%
• immune response 5%
• demand 5%
• animal species 5%
• inoculation 4%
• life history 4%
• skin 3%
• diet 3%
• allocation 3%
• autumn 3%
• blood 3%
• experimental study 3%
• young 2%
• winter 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• songbirds 75%
• plumage 72%
• molting 61%
• immunity 57%
• carotenoids 54%
• color 38%
• Carpodacus mexicanus 13%
• pigments 6%
• animals 5%
• artificial selection 5%
• bird control 5%
• phytohemagglutinin 5%
• young animals 4%
• sexual selection 4%
• immune response 3%
• life history 3%
• autumn 3%
• skin (animal) 3%
• injection 2%
• winter 2%
• birds 2%
• blood 2%
• diet 2%
• testing 1%