Pre-fledgling oxidative damage predicts recruitment in a long-lived bird

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-63

  Noguera, José Carlos ^a   Kim, Sin Yeon ^a   Velando, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; European shag; Fitness; Nestling stage; Oxidative damage; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; COLONY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; FLEDGING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 84863057284     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0756     Document Type: Article

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