Circulating corticosterone levels in breeding blue tits Parus caeruleus differ between island and mainland populations and between habitats

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 128-136

  Müller, Claudia ^a   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Blondel, Jacques ^b   Perret, Philippe ^b   Caro, Samuel P ^b   Lambrechts, Marcel M ^b   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding season; Circulating corticosterone; Cyanistes caeruleus; Habitat quality; Island effect; Parus caeruleus; Stress response; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIRD; BODY FAT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVERGREEN; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRANCE; HABITAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARUS CAERULEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRESS;

EID: 34548426184     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.031     Document Type: Article

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