Hormones in the city: Endocrine ecology of urban birds

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 763-772

  Bonier, Frances ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Glucocorticoids; Hormones; Urban endocrine ecology; Urban Endocrine Hypothesis; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

BIRD; BREEDING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CITIES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HORMONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84860502879     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.016     Document Type: Review

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