Parental cave and the prolactin secretion pattern in the King penguin: An endogenously timed mechanism?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-265

  Garcia, Valérie ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^a   Mauget, Robert ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; BREEDING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; PROLACTIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030222465     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0031     Document Type: Article

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