Does urban life change blood oxidative status in birds?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2994-2997

  Costantini, David ^a,b   Greives, Timothy J ^c   Hau, Michaela ^d,e   Partecke, Jesko ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Oxidative stress; Population; Stress response; Urbanization; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA;

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CITIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SONGBIRDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84923806763     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.106450     Document Type: Article

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