Oxidative stress mediates physiological costs of begging in magpie (Pica Pica) nestlings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a   Redondo, Tomás ^b   Trenzado, Cristina E ^a   Sanz, Ana ^a   Zúñiga, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEGGING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES;

PICA PICA;

EID: 84863647725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040367     Document Type: Article

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