The stress of parenthood? Increased glucocorticoids in birds with experimentally enlarged broods

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 944-946

  Bonier, Frances ^a,b   Moore, Ignacio T ^a   Robertson, Raleigh J ^b  

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

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brood size manipulation; Cort Adaptation hypothesis; Corticosterone; Parental behaviour; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BROOD SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STEROID;

EID: 82455175815     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0391     Document Type: Article

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