Parental behavior correlates to baseline corticosterone of mates and offspring in nesting eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 201, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Davis, J E ^a   Guinan, J A ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Family members; Interindividual correlations; Nestlings; Parental behavior; Sialia sialis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SIALIA SIALIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

CORTICOSTERONE; FAMILY MEMBERS; INTERINDIVIDUAL CORRELATIONS; NESTLINGS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; SIALIA SIALIS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84897543068     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.020     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Afonso L.O.B., Iwama G.K., Smith J., Donaldson E.M. Effects of the aromatase inhibitor fadrozoleon reproductive steroids and spermiation in male coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) during sexual maturation. Aquaculture 2000, 188:175-187.
2. Alvergne A., Faurie C., Raymond M. Father-offspring resemblance predicts paternal investment in humans. Anim. Behav. 2009, 78:61-69.
3. Angelier F., Chastel O. Stress, prolactin and parental investment in birds: a review. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 2009, 163:142-148.
4. Angelier F., Clement-Chastel C., Welcker J., Gabrielsen G.W., Chastel O. How does corticosterone affect parental behavior and reproductive success? A study of prolactin in black-legged kittiwakes. Funct. Ecol. 2009, 23:784-793.
5. Arnold T.W., Devries J.D., Howerter D.W. Factors that affect renesting in mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Auk 2010, 127:212-221.
6. Arnold T.W., Roche E.A., Devries J.H., Howerter D.W. Costs of reproduction in breeding female mallards: predation risk during incubation drives annual mortality. Avian Conserv. Ecol. 2012, 7:1.
7. Bize P., Gasparini J., Klopfenstein A., Altwegg R., Roulin A. Melanin-based coloration is a nondirectionally selected sex-specific signal of offspring development in the Alpine swift. Evolution 2006, 60:2370-2380.
8. Bonier F., Moore I.T., Robertson R.J. The stress of parenthood? Increased glucocorticoids in birds with experimentally enlarged broods. Biol. Lett. 2011, 7:944-946.
9. Brundu B., Loucks T.L., Adler L.J., Cameron J.L., Berga S.L. Increased cortisol in the cerebrospinal fluid of women with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 2006, 91:1561-1565.
10. Burley N.T., Johnson K. The evolution of avian parental care. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London [Biol.] 2002, 357:241-250.
11. Chastel O., Kersten M. Brood size and body condition in the house sparrow Passer domesticus: the influence of brooding behavior. Ibis 2002, 144:284-292.
12. Chen Y.H., Cheng W.C., Yu H.T., Kam Y.C. Genetic relationship between offspring and guardian adults of a rhacophorid frog and its care effort in response to paternal share. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2011, 65:2329-2339.
13. Descamps S., Gilchrist H.G., Bety J., Buttler E.L., Forbes M.R. Costs of reproduction in a long-lived bird: large clutch size is associated with low survival in the presence of a highly virulent disease. Biol. Lett. 2009, 5:278-281.
14. Dobson H., Fergani C., Routly J.E., Smith R.F. Effects of stress on reproduction in ewes. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 2012, 3-4:135-140.
15. Dor R., Lotem A. Parental effort and response to nestling begging in the house sparrow: repeatability, heritability and parent-offspring co-evolution. J. Evol. Biol. 2010, 23:1605-1612.
16. Dubiec A. Condition-dependent clutch desertion in great tit (Parus major) females subject to human disturbance. J. Ornithol. 2011, 152:743-749.
17. Goutte A., Clement-Chastel C., Moe B., Bech C., Gabrielsen G.W., Chastel O. Experimentally reduced corticosterone release promotes early breeding in black-legged kittiwakes. J. Exp. Biol. 2011, 214:2005-2013.
18. Gowaty P.A., Plissner J.H., Williams T.G. Behavioural correlates of uncertain parentage: mate guarding and nest guarding by eastern bluebirds, Sialia sialis. Anim. Behav. 1989, 38:272-284.
19. Gowaty P.A., Pllissner J.H. Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis). The Birds of North America, No. 381 1998, 1-32. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia. A. Poole, F. Gill (Eds.).
20. Kavaliers M., Ossenkopp K.P. Corticosterone rapidly reduces male odor preferences in female mice. NeuroReport 2001, 12:2999-3002.
21. Labarbera K., Lovette I.J., Llambias P.E. Mating opportunities, paternity, and sexual conflict: paternal care in northern and southern temperate house wrens. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2012, 66:253-260.
22. Lewis C.M., Rose J.D. Rapid corticosterone-induced impairment of amplectic clasping occurs in the spinal cord of roughskin newts (Taricha granulosa). Horm. Behav. 2003, 43:93-98.
23. Lynn S.E., Prince L.E., Philips M.M. A single exposure to an acute stressor has lasting consequences for the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to stress in free-living birds. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 2010, 165:337-344.
24. Mehlis M., Bakker T.C.M., Engqvist L., Frommen J.G. To eat or not to eat: egg-based assessment of paternity triggers fine-tuned decisions about filial cannibalism. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London [Biol.] 2010, 277:2627-2635.
25. Michl G., Török J., Garamszegi L.Z., Tóth L.Z. Sex-dependent risk taking in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis, when exposed to a predator at the nestling stage. Anim. Behav. 2000, 59:623-628.
26. Moudgal R.P., Mohan J., Panda J.N. Corticosterone-mediated depression in reproductive functioning of white leghorn hens - action mechanism. Indian J. Anim. Sci. 1991, 61:803-807.
27. Ottoson U., Backman J., Smith H.G. Begging affects parental effort in the pied flycatcher. Ficedule hypoleuca. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 1997, 41:381-384.
28. Ouyang J.Q., Hau M., Bonier F. Within seasons and among years: when are corticosterone levels repeatable?. Horm. Behav. 2011, 60:559-564.
29. Ouyang J.Q., Quetting M., Hau M. Corticosterone and brood abandonment in a passerine bird. Anim. Behav. 2012, 84:261-268.
30. Parker G.A., Schwagmeyer P.L. Male "mixed" reproductive strategies in biparental species: trivers was probably right, but why?. Am. Nat. 2005, 165:95-96.
31. Reddy P.S., Pushpalatha T., Reddy P.S. Reduction of spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in mice after fentin and fenbutatin administration. Toxicol. Lett. 2006, 166:53-59.
32. Rubolini D., Romano M., Boncoraglio G., Ferrari R.P., Martinelli R., Galeotti P., Fasola M., Saino N. Effects of elevated egg corticosterone levels on behavior, growth, and immunity of yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) chicks. Horm. Behav. 2005, 47:592-605.
33. Sacchi R., Saino N., Galeotti P. Features of begging calls reveal general condition and need of food of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) nestlings. Behav. Ecol. 2002, 13:268-273.
34. Saltzman W., Abbott D.H. Effects of elevated circulating cortisol concentrations on maternal behavior in common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus). Psychoneuroendocrinology 2009, 34:1222-1234.
35. Sasvari L., Hegyi Z. Condition-dependent parental effort and reproductive performance in the white stork (Ciconia ciconia). Ardea 2001, 89:281-291.
36. Smiseth P.T., Scott M.P., Andrews C. Hormonal regulation of offspring begging and mediation of parent-offspring conflict. Anim. Behav. 2011, 81:507-517.
37. Spee M., Marchal L., Lazin D., Le Maho Y., Chastel O., Beaulieu M., Raclot T. Exogenous corticosterone and nest abandonment: a study in a long-lived bird, the Adelie penguin. Horm. Behav. 2011, 60:362-370.
38. Stewart L.M., Westneat D.F., Ritchison G. Extra-pair paternity in eastern bluebirds: effects of manipulated density and natural patterns of breeding synchrony. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2010, 64:463-473.
39. Whittingham L.A., Robertson R.J. Nestling hunger and parental care in red-winged blackbirds. Auk 1993, 110:240-246.
40. Wingfield J.C., Ramenofsky M. Corticosterone and facultative dispersal in response to unpredictable events. Ardea 1997, 185:155-166.
41. Wingfield J.C., Sapolsky R.M. Reproduction and resistance to stress: when and how. J. Neuroendocrinol. 2003, 15:711-724.
42. Wingfield J.C., Silverin B. Effects of corticosterone on territorial behavior of free-living male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Horm. Behav. 1986, 20:405-417.
43. Wingfield J.C., Hegner R.E., Lewis D.M. Circulating levels of luteinizing hormone and steroid hormones in relation to social status in the cooperatively breeding white-browed sparrow weaver, Plocepasser mahali. J. Zool. 1991, 225:43-58.