Corticosterone administration does not affect timing of breeding in Florida scrub-jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-196

  Schoech, Stephan J ^a   Bowman, Reed ^b   Bridge, Eli S ^a   Morgan, Gina M ^a   Rensel, Michelle A ^a   Wilcoxen, Travis E ^a   Boughton, Raoul K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Clutch initiation; Corticosterone; Egg laying; Food supplementation; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WORM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; OVIPARITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447616994     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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