Dynamics of food availability, body condition and physiological stress response in breeding Black-legged Kittiwakes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 577-584

  Kitaysky, A S ^a   Wingfield, J C ^a   Piatt, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Ecology; Reproduction; Seabirds; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; STRESS;

UNITED STATES;

RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0032706125     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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