Vitamin E supplementation enhances growth and condition of nestling barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 619-630

  De Ayala, Rosa Mary ^a   Martinelli, Roberta ^b   Saino, Nicola ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Brood size; Growth; Immunity; Survival; Vitamin E supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BROOD SIZE; DIET; FEATHER; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NESTLING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SONGBIRD; TRACE ELEMENT; TRADE-OFF; VITAMIN;

AVES; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; INSECTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747618925     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0206-0     Document Type: Article

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