Assessing the Cost of Helping: The Roles of Body Condition and Oxidative Balance in the Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

Janske van de Crommenacker; Jan Komdeur; David S. Richardson

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026423

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Assessing the Cost of Helping: The Roles of Body Condition and Oxidative Balance in the Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

Janske van de Crommenacker ,

* E-mail: j.van.de.crommenacker@rug.nl

Affiliations Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organization, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Jan Komdeur,

Affiliation Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organization, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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David S. Richardson

Affiliations Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, England, Nature Seychelles, Mahé, Republic of Seychelles
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Assessing the Cost of Helping: The Roles of Body Condition and Oxidative Balance in the Seychelles Warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis)

Janske van de Crommenacker,
Jan Komdeur,
David S. Richardson

Published: October 27, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026423

About the Authors

Janske van de Crommenacker

* E-mail: j.van.de.crommenacker@rug.nl

Affiliations Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organization, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Animal Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Jan Komdeur

Affiliation Behavioural Ecology and Self-Organization, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

David S. Richardson

Affiliations Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, England, Nature Seychelles, Mahé, Republic of Seychelles

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JvdC JK DSR. Performed the experiments: JvdC. Analyzed the data: JvdC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JvdC JK DSR. Wrote the paper: JvdC JK DSR.

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