Ecophysiological response of Adélie penguins facing an experimental increase in breeding constraints

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-39

  Beaulieu, M ^a   Spee M ^a   Lazin, D ^a   Ropert Coudert, Y ^a   Le Maho, Y ^a   Ancel, A ^a   Raclot, T ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Foraging; Handicap; Isotopic signature; Metabolite; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPHENISCIDAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 76149139769     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.035378     Document Type: Article

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