Fecal corticosteroids in a territorial bird selected for different personalities: Daily rhythm and the response to social stress

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 540-548

  Carere, C ^a   Groothuis, T G G ^a   Mostl E ^b   Daan, S ^a   Koolhaas, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activity; Androstane; Birds; Coping; Corticosterone; Feces; Great tit; Metabolites; Personality; Rhythm; Social stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIRD; BORDERLINE STATE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; METABOLITE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS;

EID: 0037498311     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0018-506X(03)00065-5     Document Type: Article

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