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It’s in the bag: Corticosterone levels and behavioral responses of Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) vary with type of holding bag

Authors: Renee E. Carleton, Rachel M. Caldwell

Publication/Journal: Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Keywords: behavior, capture, corticosterone, eastern bluebird, holding bag, restraint, stress

2019

Aggression and hormones are associated with heterogeneity in parasitism and parasite dynamics in the brown mouse lemur

Authors: Sarah Zohdy, Donal Bisanzio, Stacey Tecot, Patricia C. Wright, Jukka Jernvall

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, lice, madagascar, primate, testosterone

2017

Cortisol treatment affects locomotor activity and swimming behaviour of male smallmouth bass engaged in paternal care: A field study using acceleration biologgers

Authors: Dirk A. Algera, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Kathleen M. Gilmour, Michael J. Lawrence, Aaron J. Zolderdo, Steven J. Cooke

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: accelerometer, glucocorticoid, parental care, parental investment, teleost

2017

Drivers and consequences of variation in individual social connectivity

Authors: Allison E. Williams, Katherine E. L. Worsley-Tonks, Vanessa O. Ezenwa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: diet quality, grant's gazelle, group living, parasite infection, social connectivity, social network analysis

2017

Using behavioral observations and genetic markers to characterize the flexible reproductive system in an ex situ population of carmine bee-eaters (Merops n. nubicus)

Authors: Gina M Ferrie, Tyler Hether, Ocean R Cohen, Eran L Brusilow, Christy C Sky, Shawnlei F Breeding, Katherine A Leighty, Paul J Schutz, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L Bettinger, Eric A Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, colony, parentage, population, relatedness, reproduction

2017

Minutes matter: brief hatching asynchrony adversely affects late-hatched hihi nestlings, but not life beyond the nest

Authors: Kirsty J. MacLeod, Patricia Brekke, John G. Ewen, Rose Thorogood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brood hierarchies, carotenoids, hatching asynchrony, maternal effects, notiomystis cincta

2016

Sex-specific food provisioning patterns by parents in the asynchronously hatching European hoopoe

Authors: Sophie Ryser, Nicolas Guillod, Claire Bottini, Raphaël Arlettaz, Alain Jacot

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brood reduction, hatching asynchrony, hoopoe, prey size, sex-specific feeding pattern

2016

Early life adversity increases foraging and information gathering in European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris

Authors: Clare Andrews, Jérémie Viviani, Emily Egan, Thomas Bedford, Ben Brilot, Daniel Nettle, Melissa Bateson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: body mass regulation, contrafreeloading, developmental stress, early life adversity, european starling, food insecurity, foraging, sturnus vulgaris

2015

The adaptive function of hatching asynchrony: an experimental study in great tits

Authors: Katarzyna Anna Podlas, Heinz Richner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brood reduction hypothesis, great tit, hatching asynchrony, incubation, maternal effects, parus major

2013

Begging response of gull chicks to the red spot on the parental bill

Authors: Alberto Velando, Sin-Yeon Kim, Jose Carlos Noguera

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: begging response, coadaptation, cross-fostering, larus michahellis, parent–offspring communication, parental signal, releasing mechanism, tinbergen, yellow-legged gull

2013

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