Rethinking the role of dietary antioxidants through the lens of self-medication

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-24

  Beaulieu, Michaël ^a   Schaefer, H Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Feeding behaviour; Micronutrient; Oxidative status; Secondary metabolite; Suboptimal physiological state; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; DIET; FITNESS; FOOD SELECTION; OXIDATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84880154132     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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