Hormonal, behavioral, and life-history traits exhibit correlated shifts in relation to population establishment in a novel environment

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2014, Pages E147-E160

  Atwell, Jonathan W ^a   Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^b   Whittaker, Danielle J ^a,c   Price, Trevor D ^d   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Junco; Plasticity; Social behavior; Testosterone; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SONGBIRD;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CITIES; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84914178741     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678398     Document Type: Article

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