Corticosterone levels in host and parasite nestlings: Is brood parasitism a hormonal stressor?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 590-597

  Ibáñez Álamo, Juan Diego ^a   De Neve, Liesbeth ^a,b   Roldán, María ^a   Rodríguez, Juan ^a,c   Trouvé, Colette ^d   Chastel, Olivier ^d   Soler, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clamator glandarius; Corticosterone; Corvus corone; Cuckoo; Nestling competition; Nestling development; Pica pica

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; CHICK; CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORVUS CORONE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PICA PICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CROWS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84859102932     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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