State dependent effects of elevated hormone: Nest site quality, corticosterone levels and reproductive performance in the common eider

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 218-224

  D'Alba, L ^a   Spencer, K A ^a   Nager, R G ^a   Monaghan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline corticosterone; Common eider; Nest shelter; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 79955734407     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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