Does corticosterone affect diving behaviour of male Adélie Penguins? A preliminary experimental study

Ornithological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-11

  Cottin, Manuelle ^a,b   Kato, Akiko ^a,b   Thierry, Anne Mathilde ^a,b   le Maho, Yvon ^a,b   Raclot, Thierry ^a,b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bio logging; Foraging behaviour; Hormone; Pygoscelis adeliae; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84863796450     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.10.3     Document Type: Article

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