Female sticklebacks transfer information via eggs: Effects of maternal experience with predators on offspring

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1712, 2011, Pages 1753-1759

  Giesing, Eric R ^a   Suski, Cory D ^a   Warner, Richard E ^a   Bell, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Cortisol; Egg size; Maternal effects; Metabolic rate; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EGG SIZE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; PREDATION RISK; TELEOST;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 79955455475     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1819     Document Type: Article

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