Yolk testosterone and estradiol variation relative to clutch size, laying order and hatching asynchrony in Common Grackles

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-649

  Maddox, J Dylan ^a   Bowden, Rachel M ^b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous hatching; Estradiol; Maternal effects; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; HATCHING; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; QUISCALUS QUISCULA;

EID: 52949149352     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0311-0     Document Type: Article

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