Age, oxidative stress exposure and fitness in a long-lived seabird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 913-921

  Herborn, Katherine A ^a   Daunt, Francis ^b   Heidinger, Britt J ^c   Granroth Wilding, Hanna M V ^d   Burthe, Sarah J ^b   Newell, Mark A ^b   Monaghan, Pat ^a   Williams, Tony ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

life history trade off; oxidative stress; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ANTIOXIDANT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OXIDATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RARE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE;

AVES; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 84949254852     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12578     Document Type: Article

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