Plasma Antioxidant Capacity and Oxidative Damage in Relation to Male Plumage Ornamental Traits in a Montane Iberian Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Population

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-70

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Velando, Alberto ^b   Ruiz De Castaeda, Rafael ^a   Cantarero, Alejandro ^c   Gonzlez Braojos, Sonia ^a   Redondo, Alberto ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitude; ornaments; oxidative stress; plumage; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BLOOD; BROOD SIZE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FEATHER; LIPID; MALE BEHAVIOR; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; PLUMAGE; SAMPLING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SPAIN;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 80053305910     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164511X589929     Document Type: Article

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