Egg yolk androgen levels increase with breeding density in the European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

By K. Pilz, Henrik G. Smith. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Parasitology

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Citations in the corpus

• Chapter 7 Hormones in Avian Eggs: Physiology, Ecology and Behavior (2008, background): “, 1999, 2006c), breeding density (Pilz and Smith, 2004; Schwabl, 1997a), or brood parasitism (Hauber and Pilz, 2003; Pilz et al.”
• Testosterone response to GnRH in a female songbird varies with stage of reproduction: implications for adult behaviour and maternal effects (2007, background): “In a variety of species, females involved in more aggressive interactions, or living at greater densities, lay eggs with higher levels of yolk T (Schwabl 1997; Reed & Vleck 2001; Groothuis & Schwabl 2002; Whittingham & Schwabl 2002; Mazuc et al. 2003; Pilz & Smith 2004; Navara et al. 2006).”
• Floater strategies and dynamics in birds, and their importance in conservation biology: towards an understanding of nonbreeders in avian populations (2011, background): “Pilz, K.M. & Smith, H.G. (2004). Egg yolk androgen levels”