The relationship between fitness and baseline glucocorticoids in a passerine bird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 208-213

  Bonier, Frances ^a,b   Moore, Ignacio T ^a   Martin, Paul R ^b   Robertson, Raleigh J ^b  

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

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bird; Corticosterone; Fitness; Glucocorticoid; Hormone; Reproductive effort; Stress; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FITNESS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOW (BIRD);

EID: 67649710419     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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