Costs of growing up as a subordinate sibling are passed to the next generation in blue-footed boobies

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 625-634

  Drummond, H ^a   Rodriguez C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Intergenerational costs; Poor start; Sibling conflict; Sibling dominance

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIBLING; STEROID; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

SULA NEBOUXII;

EID: 84873719978     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12087     Document Type: Article

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