Birds sacrifice oxidative protection for reproduction

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2004, Pages

  Wiersma, Popko ^a   Selman, Colin ^b   Speakman, John R ^b,c   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Costs of reproduction; Glutathione peroxidase; Oxidative stress; Superoxide dismutase; Taeniopygia guttata

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BIRD; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SENESCENCE; TRADE-OFF;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF REPRODUCTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SENESCENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; TAENIOPYGIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 3242879597     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2004.0171     Document Type: Article

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