Effects of experimental increase of corticosterone levels on begging behavior, immunity and parental provisioning rate in house sparrows

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-108

  Loiseau, Claire ^a,b   Sorci, Gabriele ^a   Dano, Stéphanie ^b   Chastel, Olivier ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Begging; Corticosterone; House sparrow; Immune response; Parent offspring conflict; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING; IMMUNITY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPARROW;

EID: 36248997127     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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