Variation of a carotenoid-based trait in relation to oxidative stress and endocrine status during the breeding season in the Eurasian kestrel: A multi-factorial study

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-26

  Casagrande, S ^a,b   Dell'Omo, G ^c   Costantini, D ^d   Tagliavini, J ^b   Groothuis, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Ornis Italica   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Dihydrotestosterone; Estradiol; Kestrel; Oxidative stress; Parental care; Raptor; Reactive oxygen metabolites; Skin color; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CAROTENOID; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN COLOR;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FALCO TINNUNCULUS TINNUNCULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 79959784959     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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