Small increases in corticosterone before the breeding season increase parental investment but not fitness in a wild passerine bird

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 776-781

  Ouyang, Jenny Q ^a   Muturi, Marion ^b   Quetting, Michael ^c   Hau, Michaela ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Great tits; Parental care; Parus major; Reproductive fitness

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84878243426     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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