How to measure oxidative stress in an ecological context: Methodological and statistical issues

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 960-970

  Hõrak, Peeter ^a   Cohen, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Complex systems; Multi level models; Oxidative damage; Principal component analysis; Technical validation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149289135     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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