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Effects of Food Availability on Yolk Androgen Deposition in the Black-Legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), a Seabird with Facultative Brood Reduction

In birds with facultative brood reduction, survival of the junior chick is thought to be regulated primarily by food availability. In black-legged kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) where parents and chicks are provided with unlimited access to supplemental food during the breeding season, brood reductio...

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Autores principales: Benowitz-Fredericks, Z M., Kitaysky, Alexander S., Welcker, Jorg, Hatch, Scott A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3652864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23675443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062949