Yolk androgen deposition without an energetic cost for female rockhopper penguins: A compensatory strategy to accelerate brood reduction?

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-607

  Poisbleau, Maud ^a,b   Carslake, David ^c   Demongin, Laurent ^a,b   Eens, Marcel ^b   Chastel, Olivier ^d   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Female body mass; Laying order; Yolk androstenedione; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BROOD SIZE; COMPENSATION; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HORMONE; SEABIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGG YOLK; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EGG YOLK; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; SPHENISCIDAE; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80051697661     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1134     Document Type: Article

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