Corticosterone metabolites in blue tit and pied flycatcher droppings: Effects of brood size, ectoparasites and temperature

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 295-305

  Lobato, Elisa ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Moreno, Juan ^a   Morales, Judith ^a,c   Tomás, Gustavo ^b   Martínez de la Puente, Josué ^a   Osorno, José Luis ^c   Kuchar, Alexandra ^d   Möstl, Erich ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brood size; Corticosterone; Cyanistes caeruleus; Droppings; Ectoparasites; Ficedula hypoleuca; Parus caeruleus; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECTOPARASITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOREST; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METABOLITE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WEATHER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FECES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SONGBIRDS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 37349092302     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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