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Maternal programming of offspring antipredator behavior in a seabird

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  • Judith Morales
  • Alberto Lucas
  • Alberto Velando
  • John SkelhornHandling editor

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Mothers can transmit information to offspring via eggs or via placenta to prepare them for the environment they will experience, but evidence on maternal anticipatory effects is still mixed. Using an experimental approach, we found that gull mothers exposed to predators prior to egg laying had chicks with stronger antipredator responses than chicks of control mothers. Our results suggest that mothers may program offspring behavior via eggs.

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  • Judith Morales & Alberto Lucas & Alberto Velando & John SkelhornHandling editor, 2018. "Maternal programming of offspring antipredator behavior in a seabird," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29(2), pages 479-485.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:29:y:2018:i:2:p:479-485.
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