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Titre :	Organizing effects of adverse early-life condition on body mass, compensatory growth and reproduction: experimental studies in rock pigeons
Auteurs :	Bin-Yan Hsu, Auteur ; Cor Dijkstra, Auteur ; Ton G. G. Groothuis, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Avian Biology (48(8) AUG 2017)
Article en page(s) :	1166-1176
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Early-life food conditions can have profound impact on adult behavioural performance. In song birds, early-life food conditions affect adult physiology and cognitive performance such as song learning and spatial learning. However, effects on reproductive behaviour other than song, such as visual courtship display, pair formation, and egg laying, which are all important determinants of fitness, received hardly any attention. In this study, rock pigeons Columba livia were raised either in a food ad-libitum or at impoverished (quality) and restricted (quantity) food conditions, in which the latter was applied for either

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