Stress, captivity, and reproduction in a wild bird species

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-693

  Dickens, Molly J ^a   Bentley, George E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Captivity; Corticosterone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENDER; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STRESS; STURNUS VULGARIS; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BREEDING; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STARLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; BREEDING; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STARLINGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907814814     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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