Flexibility in the parental effort of an Arctic-breeding seabird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-358

  Harding, Ann M A ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^b   Hall, Margaret E ^c   Welcker, Jorg ^d   Karnovsky, Nina J ^e   Talbot, Sandra L ^f   Hamer, Keith C ^g   Grémillet, David ^h  

^a ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^h CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass; Compensatory care; Condition; Corticosterone; Little auk

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD;

ALLE ALLE; AVES; PINGUINUS;

EID: 62449174145     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01488.x     Document Type: Article

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