The effects of brood size on growth and steroid hormone concentrations in nestling eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-453

  Kozlowski, Corinne P ^a,b   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood size; Corticosterone; Eastern bluebird; Sialia sialis; Sibling competition; Steroid hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EASTERN BLUEBIRD; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80052441177     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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