Creator:

Dilip Clinton, Samson Arockianathan ; Ramakrishnan, Balasundaram ; Samson, Arockianathan ; Karthick, Sivaraj ; Girikaran, Prabakaran ; Deepan, Ravi

Title:

First record of a melanistic house sparrow "Passer domesticus" in India

Group publication title:

Inter. Studies of Sparrows

Subject and Keywords:

wróblowe ; ornitologia

Abstract:

Melanism is a colour variation referring to the excessive deposition of the pigment melanin, resulting in feathers darker than normal. Two classes of melanin are distinguished: eumelanins are responsible for black feathers while phaeomelanins are responsible for a range of brown feathers (Jawor and Breitwisch 2003, McGraw 2006).

Publisher:

Zielona Góra: University of Zielona Góra, Faculty of Biological Sciences

Date:

2018

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Pages:

19-20

Source:

International Studies on Sparrows, vol. 42

Language:

eng

Rights:

Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego