Decreasing prolactin levels leads to a lower diving effort but does not affect breeding success in Adélie penguins

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-141

  Cottin, Manuelle ^a,b   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Kato, Akiko ^a,b   Debin, Marion ^a,b   Takahashi, Akinori ^c   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,b   Raclot, Thierry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bromocriptine; Foraging; Hormones; Parental effort; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BREEDING SUCCESS; CHICK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; DIVING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SURVIVAL RATE;

BROMOCRIPTINE; FORAGING; HORMONES; PARENTAL EFFORT; SEABIRDS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BROMOCRIPTINE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCTION; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84892456852     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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