Brood reduction in white storks mediated through asymmetries in plasma testosterone concentrations in chicks

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 569-582

  Sasvári, Lajos ^a   Hegyi, Zoltán ^a   Péczely, Péter ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BROOD SIZE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE;

CICONIA CICONIA;

EID: 0345086412     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00439.x     Document Type: Article

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