Slight differences in incubation temperature affect early growth and stress endocrinology of wood duck (Aix sponsa) ducklings

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Durant, S E ^a   Hepp, G R ^b   Moore, I T ^a   Hopkins, B C ^a   Hopkins, W A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Incubation; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DUCK; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; DUCKS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE;

AIX; AIX SPONSA; ANAS; AVES;

EID: 76149123222     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034488     Document Type: Article

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