Effects of developmental conditions on growth, stress and telomeres in black-legged kittiwake chicks

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 3572-3584

  Young, Rebecca C ^a   Welcker, Jorg ^b   Barger, Christopher P ^b   Hatch, Scott A ^c   Merkling, Thomas ^d   Kitaiskaia, Evgenia V ^b   Haussmann, Mark F ^e   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidant; corticosterone; early life conditions; growth rate; telomeres; thrifty phenotype

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TELOMERE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 85018904417     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14121     Document Type: Article

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