Yolk hormones have sex-specific long-term effects on behavior in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-127

  Ruuskanen, Suvi ^a   Laaksonen, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Behavioral syndrome; Bird; Maternal effect; Personality; Testosterone; Yolk androgens

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; FITNESS; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENT; ESCAPE REACTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74749103342     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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