Observational field studies reveal wild birds responding to early-life stresses with resilience, plasticity, and intergenerational effects

Auk

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 563-576

  Drummond, Hugh ^a   Ancona, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental stress; Intergenerational effects; Phenotypic plasticity; Resilience

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; BROOD SIZE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

AVES;

EID: 84928547551     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-244.1     Document Type: Review

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