(Table 1) Characteristics of breeding male Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) treated with varying degrees of corticosterone, Adélie land, Antarctica, supplement to: Spée, Marion; Marchal, Lorène; Lazin, David; Le Maho, Yvon; Chastel, Olivier; Beaulieu, Michaël; Raclot, Thierry (2011): Exogenous corticosterone and nest abandonment: A study in a long-lived bird, the Adélie penguin. Hormones and Behavior, 60(4), 362-370
Breeding individuals enter an emergency life-history stage when their body reserves reach a minimum threshold. Consequently, they redirect current activity toward survival, leading to egg abandonment in birds. Corticosterone (CORT) is known to promote this stage. How and to what extent CORT triggers...
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PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
2011
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Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.837408 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837408 |