House sparrows (Passer domesticus) adjust their social status position to their physiological costs

2005/05/18 by Karin M. Lindström, Dennis Hasselquist, Martin Wikelski · 59 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Immunology and Microbiology · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Biology #Bird parasitology and diseases #Business #Corticosterone #Demography #Developmental psychology #Endocrinology #Energy expenditure #Plant and animal studies #Position (finance) #Psychology #Social hierarchy #Social position #Social psychology #Social relation #Social status #Social stress

paper · doi:10.1016/j.yhbeh.2005.04.002

published in Hormones and Behavior 48(3), 311-320 (Elsevier BV)

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