Benefits of family reunions: Social support in secondary greylag goose families

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-138

  Scheiber, Isabella B R ^a   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a,b   Weiß, Brigitte M ^a  

^a Konrad Lorenz Forschungsstelle für Ethologie ^*  (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anser anser; Extended family bond; Greylag goose; HPA axis; Immuno reactive corticosterone metabolites; Secondary family; Social support; Stress management

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GOOSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METABOLITE; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; FAMILY; FECES; FEMALE; GEESE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149203383     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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