Plasma glutathione and carotenoid coloration as potential biomarkers of environmental stress in great tits

EcoHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-146

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a   Örnborg, Jonas ^a   Stephensen, Eiríkur ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; GSSG:GSH; Oxidative stress; Parus major; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAROTENOID; GLUTATHIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; RURAL AREA; STRESS; UPREGULATION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 23844519022     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-005-3869-5     Document Type: Article

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