Growth and nutritional state of American Crow nestlings vary between urban and rural habitats

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 829-839

  Heiss, Rebecca S ^a,c   Clark, Anne B ^a   Mcgowan, Kevin J ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

American Crow nestling; Bird blood chemistry; Corticosterone; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Crow nestling nutrition; Land use environment; Nestling size; Nutrition; Nutritional supplementation; Plasma calcium; Protein; Urban vs. rural bird food sources

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

BIRD; CALCIUM; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; LAND USE; NESTLING; NUTRITION; PROTEIN; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROW; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; NESTING; POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTERONE; CROWS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALNUTRITION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEW YORK; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

AVES; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 66149165861     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0140.1     Document Type: Article

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