Age and the timing of breeding in a long-lived bird: a role for stress hormones?

• Published in: Functional Ecology
• Main Authors: Goutte, Aurélie, Antoine, Elodie, Weimerskirch, Henri, Chastel, Olivier
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2010
• Subjects: age; glucocorticoids; laying date; snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea); stress response; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Nivea; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00527715; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01712.x

International audience 1. Young birds often reproduce later in the season than older ones, with poorer breeding success, but the proximate mechanisms involved in such a pattern remain poorly studied, especially in long-lived species. One possible mechanism is the endocrine stress response which is a...