Effects of elevated egg corticosterone levels on behavior, growth, and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 592-605

  Rubolini, Diego ^a   Romano, Maria ^b   Boncoraglio, Giuseppe ^b   Ferrari, Raffaella Paola ^b   Martinelli, Roberta ^b   Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^a   Saino, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Begging behavior; Corticosterone; Early maternal effects; Egg quality; Embryonic vocalizations; Growth; Immunity; Incubation; Larus michahellis; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; FEAR; GROWTH; HATCHING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INJECTION; MASS; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; T LYMPHOCYTE; TONIC IMMOBILITY; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 16244381168     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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