Carotenoid skin ornaments as flexible indicators of male foraging behavior in a marine predator: Variation among Mexican colonies of brown booby ( Sula leucogaster )
(2024)
Journal Article
Michael, N. P., Torres, R., Welch, A. J., Felis, J., Adams, J., Bonillas-Monge, M. E., …Wiley, A. E. (2024). Carotenoid skin ornaments as flexible indicators of male foraging behavior in a marine predator: Variation among Mexican colonies of brown booby ( Sula leucogaster ). Marine Biology, 171(5), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04429-y
Carotenoid-dependent ornaments can reflect animals’ diet and foraging behaviors. However, this association should be spatially flexible and variable among populations to account for geographic variation in optimal foraging behaviors. We tested this h... Read More about Carotenoid skin ornaments as flexible indicators of male foraging behavior in a marine predator: Variation among Mexican colonies of brown booby ( Sula leucogaster ).