Experimentally delayed hatching triggers a magnified stress response in a long-lived bird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-173

  Goutte, Aurélie ^a   Antoine, Elodie ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Brood value; Corticosterone; Egg swapping; Pagodroma nivea; Parental investment; Phenology; Snow petrel; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HATCHING; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEX DETERMINATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78651455984     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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