Early developmental conditions affect stress response in juvenile but not in adult house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-35

  Lendvai, Ádám Z ^a,b   Loiseau, Claire ^a,c   Sorci, Gabriele ^d   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b College of Nyíregyháza ^*  (Hungary)

^c Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Corticosterone; Early condition; House sparrow; Passer domesticus; Stress protocol

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FLEDGLING; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SPARROWS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 57649176787     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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