Environmental influences on Adelie penguin breeding schedules, endocrinology, and chick survival

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Ninnes, C E ^a   Waas, J R ^a   Ling, N ^a   Nakagawa, S ^a,b   Banks, J C ^a   Bell, D G ^a   Bright, A ^a   Carey, P W ^c   Chandler, J ^a   Hudson, Q J ^a   Ingram, J R ^a   Lyall, K ^a   Morgan, D K J ^a   Stevens, M I ^d,e   Wallace, J ^a   Mostl E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SubAntarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research   (New Zealand)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adelie penguin; Breeding schedules; Corticosterone; Oestrogens; Sea ice; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTROGEN; STRESS HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BREEDING SUCCESS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; CROSS REACTION; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; METABOLITE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 79959889328     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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