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Evidence of concomitant changes in carotenoids and ventral color suggesting a dynamic relationship between morphological and physiological traits: melanin-based color fading is strongly associated with a decline in carotenoid concentration in both males and females. N = 12 individuals for whom we had both two sets of carotenoid and feather samples.
