Reproductive effort transiently reduces antioxidant capacity in a wild bird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1218-1226

  Losdat, Sylvain ^a   Helfenstein, Fabrice ^a   Gaude, Benoît ^a   Richner, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

antioxidant capacity; brood size manipulation; carotenoid based coloration; carotenoids; oxidative stress; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; BLOOD; BROOD REARING; BROOD SIZE; CAROTENOID; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OXIDATION; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 80054005169     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr116     Document Type: Article

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