Cumulative metabolic stress (microfilarial infection + moult) constrains the expression of carotenoid-based honest signals in breeding male village weavers (Ploceus cucullatus) of Amurum Forest Reserve, Nigeria

• Felix A. Andong ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: andongfelix@gmail.com (FAA); Emmanuel.osayi@unn.edu.ng (EEO)

  Affiliations Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria, Faculty of Natural Sciences, AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6362-8151

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• Olufemi Olasoji,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Abdifatah Ahmed A. Afyare,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Social Science, Faculty of Economics and Management Science, Salaam University, Mogadishu, Somalia

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• Ezekiel S. Mayowa,

  Roles Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Faculty of Natural Sciences, AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Plateau, Nigeria

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• Praise O. Nwanozie,

  Roles Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Emmanuel E. Osayi ,

  Roles Software, Supervision

  * E-mail: andongfelix@gmail.com (FAA); Emmanuel.osayi@unn.edu.ng (EEO)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria

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• Ruth A. Agyo,

  Roles Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Public Veterinary, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Nigeria

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• Vincent C. Ejere

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, Nigeria

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