Maternal developmental stress reduces reproductive success of female offspring in zebra finches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1596, 2006, Pages 1901-1905

  Naguib, Marc ^a   Nemitz, Andrea ^a   Gil, Diego ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early developmental stress; Maternal effects; Thrifty phenotype; Trans generational fitness effects; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HATCHING; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; HATCHING; MATERNAL STRESS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NESTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; FINCHES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 33750611907     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3526     Document Type: Article

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