Maternal androgens in the pied flycatcher: Timing of breeding and within-female consistency

Oecologia

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 731-740

  Tobler, Michael ^a   Granbom, Martin ^a   Sandell, Maria I ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clutch number; Laying order; Maternal effects; Reproductive investment; Seasonal adjustment

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

BREEDING SEASON; CONDITION FACTOR; EGG PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947393069     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0610-1     Document Type: Article

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