Early fitness consequences and hormonal correlates of parental behaviour in the social rodent, Octodon degus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 509-517

  Ebensperger, Luis A ^a   Ramírez Otarola, Natalia ^a   León, Cecilia ^a   Ortiz, María E ^b   Croxatto, Horacio B ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Degus; Fitness consequences; Paternal care; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; HYDROCORTISONE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OCTODON; PAIR BOND; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77957224405     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.07.017     Document Type: Article

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