Ageing and reproduction: Antioxidant supplementation alleviates telomere loss in wild birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 896-905

  Badas E P ^a   Martinez J ^b   Rivero de Aguilar Cachafeiro, J ^b   Miranda, F ^c   Figuerola, J ^c   Merino, S ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanistes caeruleus; Blood parasites; Fledging success; Medication; Nutritional status; Supplement; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGING; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HEMOPARASITE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WILD POPULATION;

SPAIN;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; EUKARYOTA;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

AGING; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; PARASITE LOAD; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SPAIN; TELOMERE;

EID: 84928008562     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12615     Document Type: Article

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