Increased sibling competition does not increase testosterone or corticosterone levels in nestlings of the spotless starling (Sturnus unicolor)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-243

  Gil, Diego ^a   Bulmer, Elena ^a   Celis, Patricia ^b   Puerta, Marisa ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging; Corticosterone; Sibling competition; Spotless starling; Sturnus unicolor; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING RELATION; STARLING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SIBLING RELATIONS; STARLINGS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 45449084041     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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