Effect of restricted preen-gland access on maternal self maintenance and reproductive investment in mallards

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Giraudeau, Mathieu ^a,e   Czirják, Gábor Á ^a,b,f   Duval, Camille ^a,g   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^c   Eraud, Cyril ^d   McGraw, Kevin J ^e   Heeb, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CAROTENOID; LYSOZYME;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EGG PRODUCTION; EGG YOLK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROOMING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALLARD; MATERNAL WELFARE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SELF CARE; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

ANIMALS; DUCKS; FEMALE; GROOMING; HUMANS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 78149427520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013555     Document Type: Article

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