Stress and the timing of breeding: Glucocorticoid-luteinizing hormones relationships in an arctic seabird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-116

  Goutte, Aurélie ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a,b   Chastel, Céline Clément ^a   Trouvé, Colette ^a   Moe, Børge ^c   Bech, Claus ^d   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^e   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwake; Breeding decision; Corticosterone; HPG axis; Laying date; LH; LHRH challenge; Long lived bird; Rissa tridactyla; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; COURTSHIP; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GONADORELIN TEST; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; KITTIWAKE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 77956617304     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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