Selection on personality in a songbird affects maternal hormone levels tuned to its effect on timing of reproduction

Biology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-467

  Groothuis, Ton G G ^a   Carere, Claudio ^a,b   Lipar, Joe ^c   Drent, Piet J ^d   Schwabl, Hubert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hatching asynchrony; Laying date; Maternal effects; Personality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BROOD SIZE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HATCHING DATE; LAYING DATE; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SPECIES;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 51549091899     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0258     Document Type: Article

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