Is the additional effort of renesting linked to a hormonal change in the common tern?

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 431-441

  Riechert, Juliane ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Becker, Peter H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Baseline level; Corticosterone; Prolactin; Replacement clutch; Season; Sterna hirundo

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 84875450992     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0713-4     Document Type: Article

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