Egg yolk carotenoids in relation to habitat and reproductive investment in the great tit Parus major

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-118

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a   Johansson, Anette ^a   Andersson, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT; NESTLING; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL;

PARUS MAJOR;

CAROTENOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CAROTENOIDS; ECOSYSTEM; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 38749102806     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522650     Document Type: Article

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