Prolactin, body condition and the cost of good parenting: An interyear study in a long-lived seabird, Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 806-811

  O'Dwyer, T W ^a   Buttemer, W A ^a   Priddel, D M ^b   Downing, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NSW   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chick condition; Parental quality; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING; HORMONE; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PTERODROMA LEUCOPTERA;

EID: 33748429598     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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