Life history correlates of oxidative damage in a free-living mammal population

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-817

  Nussey, Daniel H ^a   Pemberton, Josephine M ^a   Pilkington, Jill G ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Life history theory; Mammal; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species; Wild population

Indexed keywords

AGING; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SHEEP; WILD POPULATION;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 67649651517     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01555.x     Document Type: Article

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