Oxidative stress is a potential cost of breeding in male and female northern elephant seals

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 367-376

  Sharick, Jeffrey T ^a   Vazquez Medina, Jose P ^b   Ortiz, Rudy M ^b   Crocker, Daniel E ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasting; Life history theory; Lipid peroxidation; Pinnipeds; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; TRADE-OFF;

MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84925042096     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12330     Document Type: Article

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