The influence of nest attendance and provisioning on nestling stress physiology in the Florida scrub-jay

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-168

  Rensel, Michelle A ^a   Wilcoxen, Travis E ^a   Schoech, Stephan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Body condition; Corticosterone; Maternal separation; Provisioning

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLORIDA SCRUB JAY; HATCHING; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749088726     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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