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

• Published in: Hormones and Behavior
• Main Authors: Angelier, Frédéric, Wingfield, John C, Parenteau, Charline, Pelle, M., Chastel, Olivier
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: Corticosterone; Parental behavior; Prolactin; Stress recovery; Stress response; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Nivea; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01087077; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.11.009

International audience The hormonal stress response is flexible and can be modulated by individuals according to its costs and benefits. Therefore, it is predicted that parents in poor body condition should modify their hormonal stress response, and thus, redirect energy allocation processes from pa...