Corticosterone levels of tufted puffins vary with breeding stage, body condition index, and reproductive performance

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-35

  Williams, Cory T ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^a   Kettle, Arthur B ^b   Buck, C Loren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid binding globulin; Cost of reproduction; Fratercula cirrhata; Free corticosterone; Seabird; Stage of reproduction; Tufted puffin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG LAYING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REARING; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 47749119131     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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