Maternal yolk androgens in European starlings: Affected by social environment or individual traits of the mother?

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-72

  Eising, Corine M ^a,b,c   Pavlova, Denitza ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^b   Eens, Marcel ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breeding density and social competition; Maternal effects; Polygyny; Repeatability; Yolk testosterone

Indexed keywords

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 36448968910     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908782687232     Document Type: Article

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