Dietary carotenoid availability and reproductive effort influence the age-related decline in performance

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1048-1053

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dietary antioxidants; free radical theory of ageing; oxidative stress; three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTIOXIDANT; BREEDING POPULATION; CAROTENOID; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PATERNAL CARE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SENESCENCE; SWIMMING; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 77955886722     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq102     Document Type: Article

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