Long-term effects of yolk androgens on phenotype and parental feeding behavior in a wild passerine

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1201-1211

  Ruuskanen, Suvi ^a   Doligez, Blandine ^b   Gustafsson, Lars ^c   Laaksonen, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird; Maternal effect; Plumage trait; Sexual selection; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORTALITY; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPE; PLUMAGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SONGBIRD; TESTOSTERONE; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84865630806     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1373-9     Document Type: Article

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