Oxidative Stress in Endurance Flight: An Unconsidered Factor in Bird Migration

Migrating birds perform extraordinary endurance flights, up to 200 h non-stop, at a very high metabolic rate and while fasting. Such an intense and prolonged physical activity is normally associated with an increased production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) and thus increased risk o...

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Autores principales: Jenni-Eiermann, Susanne, Jenni, Lukas, Smith, Shona, Costantini, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4022615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24830743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097650

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4022615/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24830743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0097650

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