Within-clutch patterns of yolk testosterone vary with the onset of incubation in black-headed, gulls

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 893-897

  Müller, Wendt ^a   Eising, Corine M ^a   Dijkstra, Cor ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Maternal effects; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

HATCHING DATE; INCUBATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; SEABIRD; SYNCHRONY; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARUS RIDIBUNDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8144224044     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh091     Document Type: Article

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