Weathering the storm: parental effort and experimental manipulation of stress hormones predict brood survival

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ouyang, J Q ^a,b   Lendvai, A Z ^a,c   Dakin, R ^d   Domalik, A D ^e   Fasanello, V J ^f   Vassallo, B G ^f   Haussmann, M F ^f   Moore, I T ^a   Bonier, F ^a,e  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biparental care; Corticosterone; Hormone implant; Inclement weather; Reproduction; Stress; Tachycineta bicolor; Tree swallow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SECRETION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEATHER;

EID: 84943600482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0497-8     Document Type: Article

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