Stress and body condition as prenatal and postnatal determinants of dispersal in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-326

  Meylan, Sandrine ^a   Belliure, Josabel ^a,c   Clobert, Jean ^a   De Fraipont, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; Corticosterone; Dispersal; Lacerta vivipara; Prenatal and postnatal effects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; JUVENILE; LIZARD; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036453496     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2002.1827     Document Type: Article

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