Determinants of within- and among-clutch variation in levels of maternal hormones in Black-Headed Gull eggs

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 281-289

  Groothuis, T G ^a   Schwabl, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood reduction; Gulls; Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effects; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HATCHING; HORMONE; MATERNAL EFFECT;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036081278     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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