Temporal and spatial covariation of gender and oxidative stress in the Galápagos land iguana Conolophus subcristatus

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 430-437

  Costantini, David ^a   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^a   De Filippis, Stefania Paola ^b   Marquez, Cruz ^c   Snell, Howard L ^d   Snell, Heidi M ^d   Tapia, Washington ^e   Brambilla, Gianfranco ^b   Gentile, Gabriele ^f  

^a Ornis Italica   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c Charles Darwin Foundation   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANT; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HORMONE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REDOX CONDITIONS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; IGUANAS; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

CONOLOPHUS SUBCRISTATUS; IGUANA; IGUANIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70350150668     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/604668     Document Type: Article

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