Within- and among-clutch variation in maternal yolk testosterone level in the Black-tailed Gulls Larus crassirostris

Ornithological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-25

  Tomita, Naoki ^a,b   Kazama, Kentaro ^b   Sakai, Hidetsugu ^c   Sato, Megumi ^c   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Takagi, Masaoki ^a   Niizuma, Yasuaki ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laying data; Laying order; Maternal effect; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARUS CRASSIROSTRIS;

EID: 84858290446     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.10.21     Document Type: Article

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