Carotenoid pigmentation does not reflect total non-enzymatic antioxidant activity in plasma of adult and nestling great tits, Parus major

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1123-1129

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a   McLaughlin, Patricia ^b   Monaghan, Pat ^b   Andersson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Plasma carotenoids; Spectral reflectance; TAA; Urban environmental stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; PLASMA; PLUMAGE;

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 36249032575     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01317.x     Document Type: Article

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