Obligate versus rich patch opportunism: Evolution and endocrine mechanisms

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-80

  Cornelius, J M ^a   Watts, H E ^b   Dingle, H ^a   Hahn, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual schedule; Corticosterone; Crossbill; GnRH; Nomadic; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

BREEDING METHOD; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MIGRATION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; OBLIGATE BREEDING; OPPORTUNISTIC BREEDING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANNUAL SCHEDULE; CORTICOSTERONE; CROSSBILL; GNRH; NOMADIC; ZEBRA FINCH;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FINCHES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS;

EID: 84882843696     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.003     Document Type: Review

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