Corticosterone, testosterone and life-history strategies of birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1697, 2010, Pages 3203-3212

  Hau, Michaela ^a,b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b   Lee, Kelly A ^d   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Latitude; Life history trade offs; Reproduction; Steroid hormone; Survival

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956893126     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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