The involvement of prolactin in avian molt: The effects of gender and breeding success on the timing of molt in Mute swans (Cygnus olor)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-270

  Dawson, A ^a   Perrins, C M ^b   Sharp, P J ^c   Wheeler, D ^d   Groves, S ^d  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Abbotsbury Swannery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incubation; Molt; Mute swan; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYGNET; CYGNUS OLOR; FEMALE; FOWL; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 62349124980     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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