• DOI:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.07.001
Corpus ID: 41864956

Behavioural and hormonal stress responses during chick rearing do not predict brood desertion by female in a small Arctic seabird

@article{WojczulanisJakubas2013BehaviouralAH,
  title={Behavioural and hormonal stress responses during chick rearing do not predict brood desertion by female in a small Arctic seabird},
  author={Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas and D. Jakubas and O. Chastel},
  journal={Hormones and Behavior},
  year={2013},
  volume={64},
  pages={448-453}
}

Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas, D. Jakubas, O. Chastel

Published 2013

Biology, Medicine

Hormones and Behavior

We examined behavioural and hormonal stress responses in a small seabird (little auk, Alle alle), which exhibits a transition from biparental to male-only care towards the end of the nesting period, in order to understand the mechanisms underlying this parental strategy. We hypothesized that the male staying with the chick should be less sensitive to stressors. As such the male might offer the offspring more efficient protection during the fledging period than the female. We tested this… CONTINUE READING

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