Corticosterone excretion patterns and affiliative behavior over development in ravens (Corvus corax)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-216

  Stöwe, Mareike ^a,b   Bugnyar, Thomas ^a,b   Schloegl, Christian ^a,b   Heinrich, Bernd ^c   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b   Möstl, Erich ^d  

^a KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Affiliative relationships; Corticosterone; Corvus corax; Enzyme immunoassay; Ravens

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROOMING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METABOLITE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CROWS; FECES; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 37449028694     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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