Why do some adult birds skip breeding? A hormonal investigation in a long-lived bird

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 790-792

  Goutte, Aurélie ^a   Kriloff, Marion ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Age; GnRH challenge; Intermittent breeding; Luteinizing hormone; Snow petrels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; HORMONE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AVES; PAGODROMA NIVEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 80053920373     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0196     Document Type: Article

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