Oxidative stress does not influence carotenoid mobilization and plumage pigmentation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1632, 2008, Pages 309-314

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Great tit; Lutein; Paraquat; Parus major; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GOOD GENES HYPOTHESIS; HONEST SIGNALING; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; LIVER PRESERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARUS MAJOR; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 37349016167     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1474     Document Type: Article

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