On the oxidative cost of begging: Antioxidants enhance vocalizations in gull chicks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-484

  Noguera, José C ^a   Morales, Judith ^a   Pérez, Cristobal ^a   Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging; Communication; Oxidative costs; Oxidative stress; Parent offspring; Yellow legged gull

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; FOOD INTAKE; HONEST SIGNALING; OXIDATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SCRAMBLE COMPETITION; SEABIRD; VITAMIN; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 77951105492     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq005     Document Type: Article

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