Maternal Androgens Increase Sibling Aggression, Dominance, and Competitive Ability in the Siblicidal Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Müller, Martina S ^a   Roelofs, Yvonne ^a   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^b   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Norwegian Institute for Nature   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRTH; BLACK LEGGED KITTIWAKE; CHICK; CLUTCH SIZE; COLONIAL SPECIES; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG YOLK; HATCHING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; SIBLING RELATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STARVATION;

AGGRESSION; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 84868108579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047763     Document Type: Article

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