The idea that oxidative stress may underpin life history trade‐offs has become extremely
popular. However, experimental support for the concept has proved equivocal. It has …

Recent work on a small European cave salamander (Proteus anguinus) has revealed that it
has exceptional longevity, yet it appears to have unexceptional defences against oxidative …

Research programmes on oxidative stress and hormesis are wide ranging. Biomedical and
toxicological sciences have traditionally centralised such research, but in the last years we …

Life‐history theory assumes that reproduction and lifespan are constrained by trade‐offs
which prevent their simultaneous increase. Recently, there has been considerable interest …

Mechanisms maintaining honesty of sexual signals are far from resolved, limiting our
understanding of sexual selection and potential important parts of physiology. Carotenoid …

Background One central concept in evolutionary ecology is that current and residual
reproductive values are negatively linked by the so-called cost of reproduction. Previous …

In recent years, behavioural ecologists have taken to studying oxidative stress in free-
ranging organisms because it has been proposed as an important mediator of life-history …

Lipid peroxidation products are widely used as markers of oxidative damage in the
organism. To properly interpret the information provided by these markers, it is necessary to …

Urbanisation is regarded as one of the most threatening global issues for wildlife, however,
measuring its impact is not always straight forward. Oxidative stress physiology has been …

The trade‐off between current reproductive effort and survival is a key concept of life‐history
theory. A variety of studies support the existence of this trade‐off, but the underlying …