The Role of Organismal Oxidative Stress in the Ecology and Life-History Evolution of Animals

This book illustrates the role of cellular oxidative stress as one of the most important physiological cornerstones in the evolution of biodiversity. The first part of the book provides the fundamentals to navigate the field and analyse the cross-talk between oxidative status homeostasis and other fundamental organismal functions, such as immunity and stress physiology. The second part of the book argues that oxidative stress underpins the astonishing diversity of adaptations to the environments and the evolution of life-history strategies, from growth to reproduction. Unravelling the (un)expected ways through which the need to regulate the organismal oxidative status has influenced the evolution of life, this book presents a novel integrative way of thinking about how a cellular mechanism has shaped the evolution of life and death.

Chapter 1. Oxidative Status and Oxidative Stress: Definitions and Mechanisms
Chapter 2. The Immuno-Oxidative Ecology
Chapter 3. Oxidative Costs and Antioxidant Rewards of Nutrition
Chapter 4. Diversity in Oxidative Status: Roles of Stress Response, Metabolism, Rhythmicity, and (Epi)Genetics
Chapter 5. Exposome and Regulation of Oxidative Status Across Different Environments
Chapter 6. From Strenuous Migration to Dormancy and Arousal: How Physical (In)Activity Affects Oxidative Status
Chapter 7. For Better or Worse: How Early Life Oxidative Stress Moulds the Phenotype
Chapter 8. The Oxidative Costs of a Colourful Life
Chapter 9. Oxidative Stress and Reproductive Trade-offs: From Courtship to Parental Care
Chapter 10. The Long and The Short of It: How Oxidative Stress Drives Cellular Senescence, Ageing, and Lifespan of Animals