A role for corticosterone and food restriction in the fledging of nestling White storks

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 557-566

  Corbel, Hélène ^a   Groscolas, René ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Corticosterone; Fledging; Food restriction; Growth; Hatching rank; Locomotor activity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; DIET RESTRICTION; GROWTH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BIRTH ORDER; BODY CONSTITUTION; CORTICOSTERONE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LINEAR MODELS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 40849123856     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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