Hormonal correlations at transition from reproduction to molting in an annual life cycle of Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-185

  Otsuka, Ryoko ^a,b   Machida, Takeo ^b   Wada, Masaru ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Humboldt penguin; Molt; Testosterone; Thyroxine; Triiodothyronine

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FORAGE; HORMONE ACTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0347623120     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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