Corticosterone and foraging behavior in a pelagic seabird

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-292

  Angelier, Frédéric ^a   Shaffer, Scott A ^b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Trouvé, Colette ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEA WATER;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; LOCOMOTION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 34147198483     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512585     Document Type: Article

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