Maternal testosterone influences a begging component that makes fathers work harder in chick provisioning

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-25

  Noguera, José C ^a,b   Kim, Sin Yeon ^b   Velando, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Begging; Birds; Hormones; Manipulation; Maternal effects; Parental care; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARUS MICHAELLIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CHARADRIIFORMES; COLOR; EGG YOLK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84878827457     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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