At the crossroads of physiology and ecology: Food supply and the timing of avian reproduction

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-55

  Davies, Scott ^a   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Corticosterone; Egg laying; Food restriction; Food supplementation; Glucocorticoids; GnIH; Leptin; NPY; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLUTCH SIZE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOMEOSTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; ANIMAL; BIRD; BREEDING; CATERING SERVICE; ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCTION; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; ECOLOGY; FOOD SUPPLY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84901935473     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.04.003     Document Type: Review

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