Individual variation in avian reproductive physiology does not reliably predict variation in laying date

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-62

  Schaper, Sonja V ^a   Dawson, Alistair ^b   Sharp, Peter J ^c   Caro, Samuel P ^a   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonadal development; Laying date; Luteinizing hormone; Parus major; Prolactin; Seasonal timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PARUS MAJORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TESTIS;

EID: 84865095062     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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