The oxidative costs of territory quality and offspring provisioning

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2558-2565

  Guindre Parker, S ^a,c   Baldo, S ^a   Gilchrist, H G ^b   Macdonald, C A ^a,b   Harris, C M ^a   Love, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Columbia University New York City ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Costs of reproduction; Life history trade offs; Oxidative stress; Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis); Territory quality

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SONGBIRD; TERRITORY; TRADE-OFF;

PLECTROPHENAX; PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COSTS OF REPRODUCTION; LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SNOW BUNTING (PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS); SONGBIRD; TERRITORY QUALITY;

COSTS OF REPRODUCTION; LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFFS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SNOW BUNTING (PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS); TERRITORY QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84888022951     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12256     Document Type: Article

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