Endocrine control of life-cycle stages: A constraint on response to the environment?

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-51

  Jacobs, Jerry D ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrinology; Finite state machine; Follicle stimulating hormone; Life history; Predictability; Prolactin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033982716     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370406     Document Type: Article

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