Mother's timing and duration of corticosterone exposure modulate offspring size and natal dispersal in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 379-386

  Vercken, Elodie ^a   de Fraipont, Michelle ^b   Dufty Jr , Alfred M ^c   Clobert, Jean ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Dispersal; External and internal environments; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIZARD; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LITTER SIZE; LIZARDS; MALE; MOTHERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 33847794088     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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