Age-dependent effects of carotenoids on sexual ornaments and reproductive performance of a long-lived seabird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-126

  Beamonte Barrientos, René ^a,b   Velando, Alberto ^c   Torres, Roxana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age dependent reproduction; Aging; Carotenoids; Oxidative stress; Reproductive senescence; Sula nebouxii

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; CAROTENOID; DIET; GROWTH RATE; ORNAMENTATION; OXIDATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SULA NEBOUXII;

EID: 84891559586     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1628-0     Document Type: Article

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