Antioxidants and condition-dependence of arrival date in a migratory passerine

Oikos

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-64

  Ninni, Paola ^a   De Lope, Florentino ^b   Saino, Nicola ^c   Haussy, Claudy ^a   Møller, Anders Pape ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ARRIVAL DATE; BIRD; BREEDING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; LETHRINUS LATICAUDIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 1542543668     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12516.x     Document Type: Article

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