Early Nutritional Stress Impairs Development of a Song-Control Brain Region in Both Male and Female Juvenile Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) at the Onset of Song Learning

Birdsong is a sexually selected trait and is often viewed as an indicator of male quality. The developmental stress hypothesis proposes a model by which song could be an indicator; the time during early development, when birds learn complex songs and/or local variants of song, is of rapid developmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings: Biological Sciences. - The Royal Society. - 273(2006), 1600, Seite 2559-2564
1. Verfasser: MacDonald, Ian F. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kempster, Bethany, Zanette, Liana, MacDougall-Shackleton, Scott A.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Proceedings: Biological Sciences
Schlagworte:nutritional stress neural development HVC sex differences birdsong Physical sciences Biological sciences Behavioral sciences Social sciences