Environmental influences on Adelie penguin breeding schedules, endocrinology, and chick survival

• Published in: General and Comparative Endocrinology
• Main Authors: Ninnes, C., Waas, J., Ling, N., Nakagawa, S., Banks, J., Bell, D., Bright, A., Carey, P., Chandler, J., Hudson, Q., Ingram, J., Lyall, K., Morgan, D., Stevens, M., Wallace, J., Mostl, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science 2011
• Subjects: Adelie penguin; Breeding schedules; Corticosterone; Testosterone; Oestrogens; Sea ice; Cape Bird; Cape Crozier; Chandler; Crozier; Hudson; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/66764; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.006

To understand how the social and physical environment influences behaviour, reproduction and survival, studies of underlying hormonal processes are crucial; in particular, interactions between stress and reproductive responses may have critical influences on breeding schedules. Several authors have...