Corticosterone levels in relation to change of mate in black-legged kittiwakes

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 668-674

  Angelier, Frederic ^a   Moe, Børge ^b   Clement Chastel, Celine ^a   Bech, Claus ^b   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black legged Kittiwake; Corticosterone; Mate change; Rissa tridactyla; Seabird

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 34548451060     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8227.1     Document Type: Article

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