Reproduction and modulation of the stress response: An experimental test in the house sparrow

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1608, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Lendvai, Ádám Zoltán ^a,b   Giraudeau, Mathieu ^b   Chastel, Olivier ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Corticosterone; Life history; Parental care; Passer domesticus; Stress response modulation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY; NESTING; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIFE HISTORY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPARROW; STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SPARROWS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049173926     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3735     Document Type: Article

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