Oxidative state data for 85 European bird species

• Main Authors: Vágási, Csongor I., Vincze, Orsolya, Pătraș, Laura, Osváth, Gergely, Marton, Attila, Bărbos, Lőrinc, Sol, Daniel, Pap, Péter L.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2016
• Subjects: antioxidants; brain size; life history; lipid peroxidation; oxidative stress; Acrocephalus arundinaceus; Acrocephalus palustris; Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Aegithalos caudatus; Alauda arvensis; Alcedo atthis; Anthus campestris; Anthus spinoletta; Anthus trivialis; Asio otus; Bombycilla garrulus; Carduelis carduelis; Carpodacus erythrinus; Chloris chloris; Cinclus cinclus; Coccothraustes coccothraustes; Columba livia; Coracias garrulus; Corvus cornix; Crex crex; Cuculus canorus; Cyanistes caeruleus; Dendrocopos major; Dendrocopos syriacus; Dryocopus martius; Emberiza citrinella; Emberiza schoeniclus; Erithacus rubecula; Falco tinnunculus; Falco vespertinus; Ficedula hypoleuca; Fringilla coelebs; Garrulus glandarius; Hippolais icterina; Hirundo rustica; Ixobrychus minutus; Jynx torquilla; Lanius collurio; Lanius minor; Linaria cannabina; Locustella luscinioides; Luscinia luscinia; Luscinia megarhynchos; Merops apiaster; Motacilla alba; Motacilla cinerea; Motacilla flava; Muscicapa striata; Otus scops; Panurus biarmicus; Parus major; Passer domesticus; Passer hispaniolensis; Passer montanus; Periparus ater; Phasianus colchicus; Phoenicurus ochruros; Phylloscopus collybita; Phylloscopus sibilatrix; Phylloscopus trochilus; Pica pica; Picus canus; Picus viridis; Poecile palustris; Prunella modularis; Regulus ignicapilla; Riparia riparia; Saxicola rubetra; Saxicola rubicola; Sitta europaea; Sterna hirundo; Streptopelia decaocto; Sturnus vulgaris; Sylvia atricapilla; Sylvia borin; Sylvia communis; Sylvia curruca; Sylvia nisoria; Tachymarptis melba; Troglodytes troglodytes; Turdus merula; Turdus philomelos; Turdus pilaris; Upupa epops; Parus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3836f/1; http://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.3836f/1

Data for: Vágási et al. 2016. Large-brained birds suffer less oxidative damage. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Data provided: four oxidative state markers (total antioxidant status, uric acid, total glutathione and malondialdehyde), their sample sizes, other data related to sample collection, body mass and brain brain mass. For further details please see the article and the supporting information.