Is melanin a defense against feather-feeding lice?

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Publication Type	Journal Article
School or College	College of Science
Department	Biology
citation_author	Clayton, Dale H.; Bush, Sarah Elizabeth
citation_other_author	Kim, Dugkun; Moyer, Brett R.; Lever, Jackson
citation_title	Is melanin a defense against feather-feeding lice?
citation_date	2006
Description	The adaptive basis of plumage color has received much attention, including the finding that color can reveal information about parasite loads to potential mates. A related possibility, that color may be a direct defense against parasites, has received less attention.
Type	text;
citation_publisher	American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
citation_volume	123
citation_issue	1
citation_firstpage	153
Citation_lastpage	161
citation_keywords	Columba livia; Columbiformes; Ectoparasites; Columbicola columbae; Campanulotes compare; Plumage color; Eumelanin; Preening
Subject (LCSH)	Rock Pigeon; Grooming behavior in animals; Lice; Melanins; Birds -- Parasites
citation_language	eng;
Bibliographic Citation	Bush, S. E., Kim, D., Moyer, B. R., Lever, J., & Clayton, D. H. (2006). Is melanin a defense against feather-feeding lice?. Auk, 123(1), 153-61.
Rights Management	(c)American Ornithologists' Union
Format-Medium	application/pdf (portable document)
Format-Extent	313,210 bytes
Identifier	ir-main,6650

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