Egg yolk antioxidant deposition as a function of parental ornamentation, age, and environment in great tits Parus major

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 387-396

  Remeš, Vladimír ^a   Matysioková, Beata ^a   Klejdus, Bořivoj ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; CAROTENOID; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FEATHER; LAYING DATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MELANIN; ORNAMENTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VITAMIN;

PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 80755172096     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05402.x     Document Type: Article

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