Relationships among oxidative status, breeding conditions and life-history traits in free-living Great Tits Parus major and Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris

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Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 793-802

  Costantini, David ^a   Carello, Livia ^b   Fanfani, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Growth; Oxidative stress; Reproduction; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BREEDING POPULATION; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; OXIDATION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR; STURNUS VULGARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956599622     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01052.x     Document Type: Article

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