Parental investment and its sensitivity to corticosterone is linked to melanin-based coloration in barn owls

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 217-223

  Almasi, Bettina ^a,b   Roulin, Alexandre ^c   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Barn owl (Tyto alba); Corticosterone; Melanin based coloration; Parental investment; Provisioning rate; Stress, reproduction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; FOOD; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE ACTION; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OWL; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MELANINS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PIGMENTATION; STRIGIFORMES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 43949106164     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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