Parental Alarm Calls of the White-Crowned Sparrow Fail to Stimulate Corticosterone Production in Nest-Bound Offspring

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 374-384

  Rivers, James W ^a,c   Martin, Lynn B ^b   Liebl, Andrea L ^b   Betts, Matthew G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FLEDGING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HORMONE; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 79953692677     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01883.x     Document Type: Article

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