Predicting reproductive success from hormone concentrations in the common tern (Sterna hirundo) while considering food abundance

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 715-727

  Riechert, Juliane ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Corticosterone; Food abundance; Prolactin; Year effect

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HATCHING; HORMONE; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; STERNA HIRUNDO;

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84919394803     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3040-5     Document Type: Article

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