Socially induced synchronization of every-other-day egg laying in a seabird colony

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 571-580

  Henson, Shandelle M ^a   Hayward, James L ^a   Cushing, J M ^b   Galusha, Joseph C ^c  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Walla Walla College   (United States)

Author keywords

egg laying; Glaucous winged Gull; Larus glaucescens; luteinizing hormone; mathematical model; ovulation; synchrony

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COLONIAL BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOPERIOD; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEABIRD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNCHRONY; TIMESCALE;

EID: 77955068680     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.09202     Document Type: Article

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