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Free Radical Exposure Creates Paler Carotenoid-Based Ornaments: A Possible Interaction in the Expression of Black and Red Traits

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Effect of Paraquat-Induced Oxidative Stress on Insulin Regulation of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-1 Gene Expression

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Seasonal, sexual, and quality related variation in retinal carotenoid accumulation in the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)

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Levels of antioxidants in rural and urban birds and their consequences

(2009) Anders Pape Møller et al.   OECOLOGIA

Age and Breeding Effort as Sources of Individual Variability in Oxidative Stress Markers in a Bird Species

(2009) Carlos Alonso‐Álvarez et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

The impact of urban environment on oxidative damage (TBARS) and antioxidant systems in lungs and liver of great tits, Parus major,

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Carotenoids are minor antioxidants for birds

(2008) D. Costantini et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Cell-mediated immune activation rapidly decreases plasma carotenoids but does not affect oxidative stress in red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa)

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