Seasonal patterns of prolactin and corticosterone secretion in an Antarctic seabird that moults during reproduction

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Crossin, Glenn T ^a,b   Dawson, Alistair ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^c   Trathan, Phil N ^c   Gorman, Kristen B ^b   Adlard, Stacey ^c   Williams, Tony D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick rearing; Corticosterone; Foraging behaviour; Giant petrel; Incubation; Life history; Macronectes; Parental care; Physiological conflict; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FORAGING; HATCHLING; HORMONE RELEASE; INCUBATION TIME; LIFE HISTORY; MACRONESTES GIGANTEUS; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84855190027     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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