Life history trade-offs are influenced by the diversity, availability and interactions of dietary antioxidants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1107-1119

  Catoni, Carlo ^a,b   Peters, Anne ^b   Martin Schaefer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ascorbate; carotenoids; food selection; life history traits; oxidative stress; polyphenol; senescence; sexual selection; tocopherol; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FISH; FOOD SELECTION; IMMUNITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 51549087743     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.027     Document Type: Review

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