... in oxidative status. Avian migration Refuelling Oxidative stress Oxidative damage Lipid peroxidation Enzymatic antioxidants The continuous consumption of oxygen as a result of aerobic metabolic processes leads to the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS) (Halliwell...

...C. R. Tracy; T. J. McWhorter; M. S. Wojciechowski; B. Pinshow; W. H. Karasov SUMMARY Passerine birds migrating long distances arrive at stopover sites to refuel having lost as much as 50% of their initial body mass (m b), including significant losses to digestive organs that may serve...