(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

• Main Authors: Spée, Marion, Marchal, Lorène, Lazin, David, Le Maho, Yvon, Chastel, Olivier, Beaulieu, Michaël, Raclot, Thierry
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2011
• Subjects: Comment; Treatment; Pygoscelis adeliae; DATE/TIME; Standard deviation; Pygoscelis adeliae, mass; Pygoscelis adeliae, standard deviation; Date; Pygoscelis adeliae, egg laying date; Eggs per clutch; Eggs per clutch, standard error; Pygoscelis adeliae, hatching date; Incubation duration; Number; Research station; International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY; Yvon; Antarc*; Antarctica; International Polar Year; IPY
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.837408; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.837408

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...