Effects of artificial social stimuli on the reproductive schedule and hormone levels of yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-53

  Setiawan, Alvin N ^a   Davis, Lloyd S ^a   Darby, John T ^a   Lokman, P Mark ^a   Young, Graham ^d   Blackberry, Margaret A ^b   Cannell, Belinda L ^b,c   Martin, Graeme B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial calls; Breeding synchrony; Field study; Hormones; Social facilitation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MALE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SPHENISCIDAE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33751503712     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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