Corticosterone manipulations alter morph-specific nestling provisioning behavior in male white-throated sparrows, Zonotrichia albicollis

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 510-518

  Horton, Brent M ^a   Holberton, Rebecca L ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Mifepristone; Nestling provisioning; Osmotic pumps; Parental care; RU486; Self maintenance; White throated sparrow; Zonotrichia albicollis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPARROW; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIFEPRISTONE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SPARROWS;

EID: 70449518390     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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