Egg hormones in a highly fecund vertebrate: Do they influence offspring social structure in competitive conditions?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1379-1388

  Burton, Tim ^a   Hoogenboom, M O ^a   Armstrong, J D ^b   Groothuis, T G G ^c   Metcalfe, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fish; Growth; Maternal effects; Standard metabolic rate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECUNDITY; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; METABOLISM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALMONID; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPAWNING POPULATION; STEROID; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; SALMO TRUTTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80855138128     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01897.x     Document Type: Article

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