Does short-term fasting lead to stressed-out parents? A study of incubation commitment and the hormonal stress responses and recoveries in snow petrels

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-37

  Angelier, Frédéric ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b   Parenteau, Charline ^a   Pellé, Marie ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Parental behavior; Prolactin; Stress recovery; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIET RESTRICTION; EGG; ENERGY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAGODROMA NIVEA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; STRESS; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BIRD; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FASTING; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROLACTIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84916937437     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.11.009     Document Type: Article

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