Avian personalities: characterization and epigenesis

TGG Groothuis, C Carere - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The work presented here aims at understanding the nature, epigenesis and function of
personality types (here called behavioral profiles) in birds, focusing on a wild bird species …

Hormone-mediated maternal effects in birds: mechanisms matter but what do we know of them?

TGG Groothuis, H Schwabl - … Transactions of the Royal …, 2008‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over the past decade, birds have proven to be excellent models to study hormone-mediated
maternal effects in an evolutionary framework. Almost all these studies focus on the function …

[کتاب][B] Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds

TD Williams - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive
account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration …

[کتاب][B] An introduction to animal behaviour

A Manning, MS Dawkins - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Wolves excitedly greet each other as members of the pack come together; a bumble bee
uses its long tongue to reach the nectar at the base of a foxglove flower; a mongoose swiftly …

Predictors of juvenile survival in birds

TJ Maness, DJ Anderson - Ornithological Monographs, 2013‏ - JSTOR
The survival probability of birds during the juvenile period, between the end of parental care
and adulthood, is highly variable and has a major effect on population dynamics and …

Social modulation of androgens in vertebrates: mechanisms and function

RF Oliveira - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2004‏ - books.google.com
The approaches of the social and the biological sciences to the study of behavior have been
seen as almost mutually exclusive. The nature versus nurture debate has been almost …

Potential mechanisms of avian sex manipulation

TW Pike, M Petrie - Biological reviews, 2003‏ - cambridge.org
The aim of this review is to consider the potential mechanisms birds may use to manipulate
the sex of their progeny, and the possible role played by maternal hormones. Over the past …

Hormones in avian eggs: physiology, ecology and behavior

D Gil - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the physiology, ecology, and behavior of
hormones in avian eggs. The main source of hormones found in avian eggs is the maturing …

Yolk testosterone organizes behavior and male plumage coloration in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

R Strasser, H Schwabl - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2004‏ - Springer
Vertebrate eggs contain maternal steroid hormones in their yolks; and in avian species the
concentration of these steroids vary within and among clutches. The organizational actions …

Variable effects of yolk androgens on growth, survival, and immunity in eastern bluebird nestlings

KJ Navara, GE Hill… - … and Biochemical Zoology, 2005‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Female birds allocate androgens differentially within and among clutches, and it has been
suggested that this is a strategy to maximize reproductive success. Only a few studies …