Developmental stress, social rank and song complexity in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  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; Dominance; Repertoire size; Sexual selection; Signalling

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; NUTRITION; PASSERINE; SEXUAL SELECTION; STRESS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SONGBIRD; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0442323211     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0122     Document Type: Article

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