Song as an honest signal of developmental stress in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-139

  Spencer, K A ^a   Buchanan, K L ^b   Goldsmith, A R ^a   Catchpole, C K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird song; Corticosterone; Developmental stress; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Signal evolution

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0038789923     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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