Corticosterone shifts reproductive behaviour towards self-maintenance in the barn owl and is linked to melanin-based coloration in females

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 161-171

  Almasi, Bettina ^a   Roulin, Alexandre ^b   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Melanism; Reproduction; Stress hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; MELANIN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BODY MASS; BREEDING METHOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERITABILITY; HOME RANGE; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MELANINS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRIGIFORMES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 84879550644     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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