Data from: Corticosterone predicts foraging behavior and parental care in macaroni penguins

• Main Authors: Crossin, Glenn T., Trathan, Phil N., Phillips, Richard A., Gorman, Kristen B., Dawson, Alistair, Sakamoto, Kentaro Q., Williams, Tony D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Behavior: reproductive; Ecology: behavioral; Ecology: evolutionary; Ecology: physiological; Endocrinology: behavioral; Locomotion: diving; Reproduction: strategies; Bird; Bird Island; Eudyptes chrysolophus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.38796; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f385721n

Corticosterone has received considerable attention as the principal hormonal mediator of allostasis or physiological stress in wild animals. More recently, it has also been implicated in the regulation of parental care in breeding birds, particularly with respect to individual variation in foraging...