Male reproductive senescence: The price of immune-induced oxidative damage on sexual attractiveness in the blue-footed booby

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1161-1168

  Torres, Roxana ^a   Velando, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Life history evolution; Ornamental coloration; Oxidative stress; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGING POPULATION; DAMAGE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDUCED RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MATE ATTRACTION; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; FEMALE; FOOT; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

AGING; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CUES; FEMALE; FOOT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SULA NEBOUXII;

EID: 35148828946     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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