What comes first, the zebra finch or the egg: Temperature-dependent reproductive, physiological and behavioural plasticity in egg-laying zebra finches

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1325-1334

  Salvante, Katrina G ^a,c   Walzem, Rosemary L ^b   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Egg production; Food intake; Lipid allocation; Temperature; Very low density lipoprotein (VLDL); Zebrafinch

Indexed keywords

VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FINCH; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CLUTCH SIZE; EATING; FEMALE; FINCHES; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 34248579255     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02745     Document Type: Article

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