Dietary carotenoid availability influences a male's ability to provide parental care

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1100-1105

  Pike, Thomas W ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^b   Lindström, Jan ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Oxidative stress; Paternal care; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; DIET; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXIDATION; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 35848941703     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm084     Document Type: Article

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