Correlates of oxidative stress in wild kestrel nestlings (Falco tinnunculus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-337

  Costantini, David ^a   Casagrande, Stefania ^b   De Filippis, Stefania ^c   Brambilla, Gianfranco ^c   Fanfani, Alberto ^a   Tagliavini, James ^b   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant power; Carotenoids; Falco tinnunculus; Free radicals; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; METABOLISM; NESTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIRDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 33645787304     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0055-6     Document Type: Article

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