Stress, song and survival in sparrows

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 746-748

  MacDougall Shackleton, S A ^a   Dindia, L ^a   Newman, A E M ^b   Potvin, D A ^a   Stewart, K A ^a   MacDougall Shackleton, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birdsong; Stress response; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; HORMONE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; RODENT; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 74549134541     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0382     Document Type: Article

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