Pre-breeding energetic management in a mixed-strategy breeder

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 235-243

  Hennin, Holly L ^a   Legagneux, Pierre ^b   Bêty, Joël ^b   Williams, Tony D ^c   Grant Gilchrist, H ^d   Baker, Tyne M ^a   Love, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding threshold; Corticosterone; Energetic management; Energetic metabolites; Mixed strategy breeder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VITELLOGENIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARCTIC; BLOOD; BREEDING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WATERFOWL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84925538642     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3145-x     Document Type: Article

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