Within seasons and among years: When are corticosterone levels repeatable?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 559-564

  Ouyang, Jenny Q ^a   Hau, Michaela ^b   Bonier, Frances ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Great tit; Parus major; Plasticity; Repeatability; Stress; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80555131157     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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