Effect of sibling competition and male carotenoid supply on offspring condition and oxidative stress

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1271-1277

  Losdat, Sylvain ^a   Helfenstein, Fabrice ^a   Gaude, Benoît ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

antioxidant capacity; body condition; brood size manipulation; carotenoid supplementation; Parus major; sibling competition

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BROOD SIZE; CAROTENOID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOOD LIMITATION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; METABOLISM; NESTLING; OXIDATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SIBLING; TRADE-OFF;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 78649364988     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq147     Document Type: Article

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