Then versus now: Effect of developmental and current environmental conditions on incubation effort in birds

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 999-1004

  Spencer, Karen A ^a   Heidinger, Britt J ^a   D'Alba, Liliana B ^a   Evans, Neil P ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corticosterone; developmental stress; reproductive effort; zebra finch

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; HATCHING; HORMONE; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 77955862492     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq090     Document Type: Article

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