Acute stress affects the corticosterone level in bird eggs: a case study with great tits (Parus major).

Pitk, Marianne; Tilgar, Vallo; Kilgas, Priit; Mänd, Raivo

Pitk, Marianne; Tilgar, Vallo; Kilgas, Priit; Mänd, Raivo.

Affiliation

Pitk M; Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu 51014, Estonia. marianne.pitk@ut.ee

Horm Behav ; 62(4): 475-9, 2012 Sep.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22906482

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Corticosterone/metabolism; Eggs/analysis; Passeriformes/metabolism; Stress, Psychological/metabolism; Acute Disease; Animals; Behavior, Animal/physiology; Birds/metabolism; Corticosterone/analysis; Female; Nesting Behavior/physiology; Osmolar Concentration; Random Allocation

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Stress, Psychological / Corticosterone / Passeriformes / Eggs Type of study: Evaluation_studies / Prognostic_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Horm Behav Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Estonia Country of publication: United States

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