Using life-histories to predict and interpret variability in yolk hormones

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Love, O P ^a,b   Gilchrist, H G ^c   Bety J ^b   Wynne Edwards, K E ^d   Berzins, L ^e   Williams, T D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle); Common eider (Somateria mollissima); Corticosterone; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris); Laying order; Maternal effects; Yolk hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG YOLK; HATCHING; HORMONE ACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARLING;

EID: 67649703980     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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