Oxidative profile varies with personality in European greenfinches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1732-1739

  Herborn, Katherine A ^a   Coffey, Jo ^b   Larcombe, Stephen D ^c   Alexander, Lucille ^b   Arnold, Kathryn E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant capacity; Behavioural syndromes; Exploration; Lipid peroxidation; Neophobia; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINCHES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSONALITY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

AVES; CARDUELIS CHLORIS;

EID: 79955626584     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.051383     Document Type: Article

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