Hormonal regulation of offspring begging and mediation of parent-offspring conflict

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 507-517

  Smiseth, Per T ^a   Scott, Michelle Pellissier ^b,c   Andrews, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Begging; Corticosterone; Endogenous hormone; Growth; Maternal hormone; Parent offspring conflict; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; GROWTH RATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; TESTOSTERONE;

AVES;

EID: 79851516641     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.029     Document Type: Review

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