Oxidative status and telomere length in a long-lived bird facing a costly reproductive event

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-585

  Beaulieu, Michaël ^a   Reichert, Sophie ^a   Le Maho, Yvon ^a   Ancel, André ^a   Criscuolo, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Ad lie penguin; Breeding effort; Long lived species; Oxidative stress; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANTIOXIDANT; BIRD; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79955514031     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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