Complexity in relationships between antioxidants and individual life-history parameters in a seabird and a songbird

Oikos

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1854-1861

  Cohen, Alan A ^a,b   Mauck, Robert A ^c   Wheelwright, Nathaniel T ^d   Huntington, Charles E ^d   McGraw, Kevin J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; HATCHING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEABIRD; SONGBIRD; TRADE-OFF;

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AVES; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 71049139969     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17785.x     Document Type: Article

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