Maternal androgens in black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) eggs: Consequences for chick development

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1469, 2001, Pages 839-846

  Eising, C M ^a   Eikenaar, C ^a   Schwabl, H ^a   Groothuis, T G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chick growth; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal hormones; Parental investment; Sibling competition; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ADAPTATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LAYING DATE; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEABIRD; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SIBLING; SURVIVAL;

AVES; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS;

EID: 0035932742     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1594     Document Type: Article

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