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Dietary antioxidants, lipid peroxidation and plumage colouration in nestling blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus
Carotenoid pigments are responsible for many of the red, yellow and orange plumage and integument traits seen in birds. One idea suggests that since carotenoids can act as antioxidants, carotenoid-mediated col...