Do stress hormones suppress helper reproduction in the cooperatively breeding red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 687-698

  Malueg, A L ^a   Walters, J R ^a   Moore, I T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Corticosterone; Picoides borealis; Red cockaded woodpecker; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BLOOD; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; EUSOCIALITY; GROUP SIZE; HORMONE; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 61349139934     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0702-5     Document Type: Article

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