Relationships between isotopic values and oxidative status: insights from populations of gentoo penguins

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1211-1220

  Beaulieu, Michaël ^a   González Acuña, Daniel ^b   Thierry, Anne Mathilde ^c,d   Polito, Michael J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diet; Oxidative stress; Penguins; SIAR

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KRILL; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EUPHAUSIACEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84925538743     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3267-9     Document Type: Article

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