Reproductive physiology of free-living White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) in the Florida Everglades

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-131

  Heath, Julie A ^a   Frederick, Peter C ^b   Edwards, Thea M ^c   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breed; Ciconiiformes; Hormone; Stress; Wading bird; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG PRODUCTION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; FEMALE; FLIGHT MUSCLE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLTING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REARING; RECORDING; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

EID: 0042665375     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00155-2     Document Type: Article

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