Dietary antioxidants, lipid peroxidation and plumage colouration in nestling blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 903-913

  Larcombe, Stephen D ^a,d   Mullen, William ^a   Alexander, Lucille ^b   Arnold, Kathryn E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Tocopherol; Carotenoids; Growth rate; MDA; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; BODY MASS; CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NESTLING; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SONGBIRD; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; FEATHERS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES; SEX DETERMINATION ANALYSIS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

EID: 77957574530     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0708-5     Document Type: Article

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