Non-breeding feather concentrations of testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol are associated with subsequent survival in wild house sparrows

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1733, 2012, Pages 1560-1566

  Koren, Lee ^a,b   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^c,d   Burke, Terry ^d   Soma, Kiran K ^e   Wynne Edwards, Katherine E ^a   Geffen, Eli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Glucocorticoid; LC MS MS; Mass spectrometry; Mortality; Passer domesticus; Stress

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BIOMARKER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEATHER; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLT; MORTALITY; PASSERINE; SEX HORMONE; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84857959503     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2062     Document Type: Article

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