Interannual variability of Black-legged Kittiwake productivity is reflected in baseline plasma corticosterone

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Buck, C Loren ^a   O'Reilly, Kathleen M ^b   Kildaw, S Dean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bioindicator; Corticosterone; Marine productivity; Reproduction; Rissa tridactyla; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SEA; SEABIRD; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33845920685     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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