Are stress hormone levels a good proxy of foraging success? An experiment with King Penguins, Aptenodytes patagonicus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2824-2829

  Angelier, Frédéric ^a,b   Giraudeau, Mathieu ^a   Bost, Charles André ^a   Le Bouard, Fabrice ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Corticosterone; Food intake; Foraging; Seabird

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SPHENISCIDAE;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70349241678     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027722     Document Type: Article

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