Baseline corticosterone is positively related to juvenile survival in a migrant passerine bird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1127-1134

  Rivers, James W ^a   Liebl, Andrea L ^b   Owen, Jennifer C ^c   Martin, Lynn B ^b   Betts, Matthew G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catharus ustulatus; Cort activity hypothesis; Cort fitness hypothesis; Corticosterone; Juvenile survival; Swainson's thrush

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FLEDGING; HORMONE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; PASSERIFORMES; TURDIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866890747     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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