Non-breeding song rate reflects nutritional condition rather than body condition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  van Hout, Alain J M ^a   Pinxten, Rianne ^a   Geens, Ann ^a   Eens, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; ALBUMINOID;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONBREEDING SONG RATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STARLING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STARLINGS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84860784472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036547     Document Type: Article

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