Seasonal variation of circulating plasma carotenoids in Mediterranean Great Tit males Parus major
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Seasonal variation of circulating plasma carotenoids in Mediterranean Great Tit males Parus major Esther del Val, Juan José Negro & Juan Carlos Senar a Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology Research Unit (CSIC), Natural History Museum of Barcelona, Passeig Picasso s/n, 08003 Barcelona, Spain b Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), C/ Americo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain Published online: 08 Oct 2013.
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