Dietary carotenoid availability, sexual signalling and functional fertility in sticklebacks

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-193

  Pike, Thomas W ^a,b   Blount, Jonathan D ^b   Lindström, Jan ^a   Metcalfe, Neil B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenoid coloration; Fertility; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; DIET; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); SIGNALING; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77951484638     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0815     Document Type: Article

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