Do mothers regulate facultative and obligate siblicide by differentially provisioning eggs with hormones?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-143

  Drummond, Hugh ^a   Rodríguez, Cristina ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANDROGEN; EGG; MATERNAL CARE; SEABIRD; SIBLICIDE; SURVIVAL;

SULA LEUCOGASTER; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 40349084292     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04365.x     Document Type: Article

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