title: Black bib size is associated with feather content of pheomelanin in male house sparrows.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC, Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Ismael
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galván
authors.forename: Kazumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakamatsu
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alonso-Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005241:Feathers / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010858:Pigmentation; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000378:metabolism; D046370:Sparrows / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins; D011758:Pyrroles; D013844:Thiazoles; C018362:pheomelanin