Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Crossin, Glenn T ^a,b,e   Trathan, Phil N ^c   Phillips, Richard A ^c   Gorman, Kristen B ^b   Dawson, Alistair ^a   Sakamoto, Kentaro Q ^d   Williams, Tony D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Parental care; Reproductive investment; Stress hormones; Telemetry; Time depth recorders

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

BIOTELEMETRY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POULTRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEABIRD; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROLACTIN; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84862155333     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666001     Document Type: Article

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