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Causes and consequences of glucocorticoid variation in zebra finches
Jimeno Revilla, Blanca
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Causes and consequences of
glucocorticoid variation
This research was carried out at the Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences (GELIFES), University of Groningen, and in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology (Seewiesen, Germany). All studies were approved by the animal welfare committee of the University of Groningen.
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Causes and consequences of
glucocorticoid variation
in zebra finches
PhD Thesis
to obtain the degree of PhD at the University of Groningen
on the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. E. Sterken
and in accordance with the decision by the College of Deans. This thesis will be defended in public on
Friday 13 July 2018 at 12.45 hours
by
Blanca Jimeno Revilla
born on 1 August 1988 in Soria, Spanje
Supervisors Prof. S. Verhulst Prof. M. Hau
Assessment Committee Prof. C. Breuner
Prof. N. A.J.W. Scheurink Prof. N. Sachser
Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and synthesis
Box A:Glucocorticoids and the concept of “stress” throughout time
PART I: Glucocorticoids, environmental effects and survival
Chapter 2: Effects of developmental conditions on glucocorticoid concentrations
in adulthood depend on sex and foraging conditions
Box B: Effects of environmental and intrinsic factors on HPA axis regulation:
negative feedback and ACTH response
Box C: Environmental effects on feather corticosterone and feather growth Chapter 3: Male but not female zebra finches with high plasma corticosterone
have lower survival
Chapter 4: DNA methylation and expression levels in the glucocorticoid receptor
gene are affected by developmental conditions and predict corticosterone responses in zebra finches
PART II: Glucocorticoids and metabolic rate
Chapter 5: Strong association between corticosterone levels and
temperature-dependent metabolic rate in individual zebra finches
Chapter 6: Corticosterone levels reflect variation in metabolic rate, independent
of ‘stress’
Chapter 7: Glucocorticoid-temperature association is shaped by foraging costs
in individual zebra finches
Box D: Effects of developmental and adult environments on metabolism. Daily
energy expenditure
References
Summary / Samenvatting / Resumen Authors and affiliations
List of publications Acknowledgements 9 31 37 39 75 79 85 107 129 131 149 167 175 179 199 209 213 217
