Pair disruption in female zebra finches: Consequences for offspring phenotype and sensitivity to a social stressor

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 195-204

  Schweitzer, Cécile ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^b   Baran, Nicole M ^a   Adkins Regan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal effect; Pair disruption; Social behaviour; Socially monogamous bird; Taeniopygia guttata; Yolk corticosterone; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUSOCIALITY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PAIR BOND; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLUMAGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID;

EID: 84896855687     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.01.022     Document Type: Article

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