Fat or lean: Adjustment of endogenous energy stores to predictable and unpredictable changes in allostatic load

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-55

  Schultner, Jannik ^a,b   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^b   Welcker, Jorg ^b,c   Hatch, Scott ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Anorexia; Baseline corticosterone; Body condition; Environmental conditions; Fitness; Food stress; Life history; Trade offs; Wing loading

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING POPULATION; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; ENERGY BUDGET; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84873077946     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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