Differential effects of testosterone metabolites oestradiol and dihydrotestosterone on oxidative stress and carotenoid-dependent colour expression in a bird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1319-1331

  Casagrande, S ^a,b,c   Costantini, D ^d   Dell'Omo, G ^c   Tagliavini, J ^b   Groothuis, T G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Ornis Italica   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defence; Oxidation handicap hypothesis; Raptor; Reactive oxygen metabolites; Skin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAROTENOID; COLOR; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METABOLITE; OXYGEN; RAPTOR; RESEARCH WORK; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84865622586     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1387-3     Document Type: Article

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