Differential reproductive responses to stress reveal the role of life-history strategies within a species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1771, 2013, Pages

  Schultner, J ^a,b   Kitaysky, A S ^b   Gabrielsen, G W ^c   Hatch, S A ^d,e   Bech, C ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history theory; Populations; Reproduction; Seabirds; Stress hormones; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SVALBARD;

EID: 84901363629     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2090     Document Type: Article

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