Carotenoids in the seminal fluid of wild birds: Interspecific variation in fairy-wrens

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-700

  Rowe, Melissah ^a,b   McGraw, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenoid pigments; Malurus; Oxidative stress; Sexual competence; Sperm sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MALURUS; MALURUS CYANEUS; MALURUS MELANOCEPHALUS; MALURUS SPLENDENS; PISCES; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 67649661881     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8604     Document Type: Article

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