Corticosterone mediated costs of reproduction link current to future breeding

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-120

  Crossin, Glenn T ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^b   Lattin, Christine R ^c   Romero, L Michael ^c   Williams, Tony D ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding moult overlap; Chick rearing; Feather corticosterone; Foraging behaviour; Macronectes

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIRDS BY NESTING BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEATHER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIANT PETREL; GROWING SEASON; MALE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

BREEDING-MOULT OVERLAP; CHICK REARING; FEATHER CORTICOSTERONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MACRONECTES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84882793633     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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