Feather corticosterone levels and carotenoid-based coloration in common buzzard (buteo buteo) nestlings

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-173

  Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a   Mougeot, François ^b,c   García, Jesús T ^c   Arroyo, Beatriz ^c   Bortolotti, Gary R ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buteo buteo; Common Buzzard; feather corticosterone; growth; sexual dimorphism; stress response

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FEATHER; HORMONE; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENT; RAPTOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIBLING; STEROID;

EID: 84877816511     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-12-41.1     Document Type: Article

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