Individual variation in baseline and stress-induced corticosterone and prolactin levels predicts parental effort by nesting mourning doves

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-464

  Miller, David A ^a   Vleck, Carol M ^a   Otis, David L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Capture restraint protocol; Glucocorticoid; Pleiotropic effects; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOVE; FEMALE; FORAGING; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE STRESS; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; COLUMBIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PROLACTIN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349838269     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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