Carotenoid supplementation and GnRH challenges influence female endocrine physiology, immune function, and egg-yolk characteristics in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Carotenoids bolster immunity during moult in a wild songbird with sexually selected plumage coloration

(2011) KEVIN J. MCGRAW et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Social Status and Circulating Levels of Hormones in Flocks of House Sparrows, Passer domesticus

(2010) Robert E. Hegner et al.   ETHOLOGY

Effects of carotenoids, immune activation and immune suppression on the intensity of chronic coccidiosis in greenfinches

(2010) Tuul Sepp et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PARASITOLOGY

Egg-yolk androgen and carotenoid deposition as a function of maternal social environment in barn swallows Hirundo rustica

(2010) Rebecca J. Safran et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Short- and long-term consequences of prenatal testosterone for immune function: an experimental study in the zebra finch

(2009) Michael Tobler et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Elevated testosterone levels affect female breeding success and yolk androgen deposition in a passerine bird

(2009) Isabel López-Rull et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Phenotypic integration and independence: Hormones, performance, and response to environmental change

(2009) E. D. Ketterson et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Maternal resource variation across the laying sequence in Canada geeseBranta canadensis maxima

(2009) Todd A. Boonstra et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Growth of yellow-headed blackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusnestlings in relation to maternal body condition, egg mass, and yolk carotenoids concentrations

(2009) Jennifer L. Newbrey et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The effects of testosterone on immune function in quail selected for divergent plasma corticosterone response

(2009) M. L. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Maternally invested carotenoids compensate costly ectoparasitism in the hihi

(2009) J. G. Ewen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Avian life-history determinants of local extinction risk in a hyper-fragmented neotropical forest landscape

(2008) A. C. Lees et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Manipulation of male attractiveness induces rapid changes in avian maternal yolk androgen deposition

(2008) Sjouke A. Kingma et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Yolk testosterone levels and dietary carotenoids influence growth and immunity of grey partridge chicks

(2008) Marco Cucco et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Experimentally-elevated testosterone, female parental care, and reproductive success in a songbird, the Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)

(2008) D ONEAL et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Habituation to humans affects yolk steroid levels and offspring phenotype in quail

(2008) Aline Bertin et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) as a laboratory animal model

(2008) David Huss et al.   LAB ANIMAL

Native oak retention as a key factor for the conservation of winter bird diversity in managed deciduous forests in northern Italy

(2008) Enrico Caprio et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Maternal effects and β-carotene assimilation in Canary chicks

(2008) Aurélie Tanvez et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR