Does oxidative stress mediate the trade-off between growth and self-maintenance in structured families?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 365-373

  Hall, Margaret E ^a   Blount, Jonathan D ^a   Forbes, Scott ^b   Royle, Nick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Antioxidants; Growth rate; Hatching asynchrony; Malondialdehyde; Oxidative damage; Red winged blackbird; Vitamin supplementation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTIOXIDANT; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BROOD SIZE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; METABOLISM; NESTLING; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TRADE-OFF;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES;

EID: 77950223108     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01635.x     Document Type: Article

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