Hormones and immunoglobulin levels in king penguins during moulting and breeding fasts

Ecoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 519-528

  Bourgeon, Sophie ^a   Viera, Vanessa M ^a,b   Raclot, Thierry ^a   Groscolas, René ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Immune function; Penguis; Testosterone; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIRD; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FAT; HORMONE; MOLT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TESTOSTERONE;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 38849206990     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/1195-6860(2007)14[519:HAILIK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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