Baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels are higher during spring than autumn migration in European robins
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: corticosterone, european robin, migratory disposition, songbird
2018
Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: begging, egg, glucocorticoid, house wren, life history, maternal effect
2016
Mate call as reward: Acoustic communication signals can acquire positive reinforcing values during adulthood in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal mate selection, *animal mating behavior, *animal vocalizations, *bird song, *female animals, birds, operant conditioning, reinforcement
2016
Bird odour predicts reproductive success
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: chemical communication, dark-eyed junco, honest signal, junco hyemalis, mate assessment, mate choice, preen oil, sexual signalling, uropygial gland
2013
Effects of water restriction on reproductive physiology and affiliative behavior in an opportunistically-breeding and monogamous songbird, the zebra finch
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: affiliation, corticosterone, dhea, estradiol, monogamy, neurosteroid, pair bond, sex difference, song, testosterone
2013
Experimental induction of social instability during early breeding does not alter testosterone levels in male black redstarts, a socially monogamous songbird
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: floaters, removal experiment, social instability, songbird, steroid hormones, territorial aggression, territoriality, territory, testosterone
2013
Individual variation in testosterone and parental care in a female songbird; The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: dark-eyed junco (junco hyemalis), endogenous steroids, gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh), life history tradeoffs, maternal care, testosterone, yolk hormones
2013
Olfactory imprinting as a mechanism for nest odour recognition in zebra finches
Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour
Keywords: avian olfaction, early learning, familial imprinting, songbird, taeniopygia guttata, zebra finch
2013
Testosterone-dependency of male solo song in a duetting songbird — Evidence from females
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: cooperative breeding, seasonal, song, songbird, testosterone, tropics
2013
Traumatized and inflamed — But resilient: Glial aromatization and the avian brain
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: aromatase, avian, injury, neuroprotection
2013