Life history trade-offs are influenced by the diversity, availability and interactions of dietary antioxidants

• Published in: Animal behaviour Vol. 76; no. 4; pp. 1107 - 1119
• Main Authors: Catoni, Carlo, Peters, Anne, Martin Schaefer, H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kent Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2008; Elsevier; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal ethology; Antioxidants; ascorbate; Biological and medical sciences; Breeding of animals; Carotenoids; Fish; food selection; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Life history; life history traits; Oxidation; Oxidative stress; polyphenol; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; senescence; sexual selection; tocopherol; vitamin E; senescence; carotenoids; life history traits; sexual selection; vitamin E; ascorbate; tocopherol; food selection; polyphenol; oxidative stress; Availability; Life history; Diet; Interaction; Diversity; Antioxidant; Feeding

The expression of most life history traits, such as immunity, growth and the development of sexual signals, is negatively affected by high levels of oxidative stress. Dietary antioxidants can reduce oxidative stress and have therefore been the focus of numerous studies in behavioural and evolutionar...