Body condition, hormonal correlates and consequences for survival in common tern chicks

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1009-1020

  Braasch, Alexander ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Hoppen, Hans Otto ^c   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites; Hatching asynchrony; Sibling competition; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING RELATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUTCH SIZE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80052927448     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0663-4     Document Type: Article

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