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Article Dans Une Revue PLoS ONE Année : 2010

Effect of restricted preen-gland access on maternal self maintenance and reproductive investment in mallards.

Mathieu Giraudeau
Gábor Á Czirják
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Camille Duval
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Cyril Eraud
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Kevin J Mcgraw
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Philipp Heeb

Résumé

Our results establish a new link between an important avian self-maintenance behaviour and aspects of maternal health and reproduction. We suggest that higher yolk carotenoid levels in eggs laid by preen-gland-restricted females may serve to boost health of offspring that would hatch in a comparatively microbe-rich environment.

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hal-00548742 , version 1 (20-12-2010)

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Mathieu Giraudeau, Gábor Á Czirják, Camille Duval, Vincent Bretagnolle, Cyril Eraud, et al.. Effect of restricted preen-gland access on maternal self maintenance and reproductive investment in mallards.. PLoS ONE, 2010, 5 (10), pp.e13555. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0013555⟩. ⟨hal-00548742⟩
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