Telomere length reflects reproductive effort indicated by corticosterone levels in a long-lived seabird

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 5785-5794

  Bauch, Christina ^a,b   Riechert, Juliane ^b   Verhulst, Simon ^a   Becker, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

ageing; fitness; glucocorticoids; life history; phenotypic quality; reproduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84995480369     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13874     Document Type: Article

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