Condition-dependent effects of corticosterone on a carotenoid-based begging signal in house sparrows

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 266-273

  Loiseau, Claire ^a,b   Fellous, Simon ^a   Haussy, Claudy ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Sorci, Gabriele ^c  

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

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHICK; COLOR; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DECISION MAKING; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPARROW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAROTENOIDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOUTH; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PIGMENTATION; SPARROWS;

EID: 37349126260     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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