Oxidative stress in ecology and evolution: Lessons from avian studies

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1238-1251

  Costantini, David ^a,b  

^a Ornis Italica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidants; Exercise; Free radicals; Life history; Membrane unsaturation; Metabolism; Oxidative damage; Reproduction; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; FREE RADICAL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTION; WILD POPULATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 55949127435     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01246.x     Document Type: Review

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