Condition dependence of nestling mouth colour and the effect of supplementing carotenoids on parental behaviour in the hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

Agriculture & Biology

• Notiomystis cincta 100%
• parental behavior 77%
• nestlings 58%
• carotenoids 47%
• mouth 44%
• color 33%
• birds 9%
• integument 8%
• pigmentation 8%
• body condition 7%
• disease resistance 7%
• animal communication 7%
• immune response 6%
• foraging 6%
• pigments 6%
• breeding 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• nestling 81%
• carotenoid 70%
• disease resistance 13%
• bird 13%
• effect 13%
• foraging efficiency 12%
• immune response 11%
• body condition 10%
• breeding 8%
• fitness 8%
• pigment 7%
• communication 6%
• parameter 5%
• animal 5%
• rate 5%