Effects of elevated yolk androgens on perinatal begging behavior in yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 442-447

  Boncoraglio, Giuseppe ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Romano, Maria ^a   Martinelli, Roberta ^a   Saino, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Begging; Embryonic vocalizations; Sonagraphic analyses; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGG PROTEINS; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TESTOSTERONE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33747031393     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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