Aggression, but not testosterone, is associated to oxidative status in a free-living vertebrate

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 713-731

  Isaksson, Caroline ^a,d   While, Geoffrey M ^b   McEvoy, Jo ^b   Van De Crommenacker, Janske ^a   Olsson, Mats ^c   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a   Komdeur, Jan ^a   Wapstra, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antioxidants; ectotherm; Egernia whitii; oxidative stress; personality

Indexed keywords

EGERNIA WHITII; SCINCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959385399     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X574204     Document Type: Article

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