Is the antipredatory response in behaviour reflected in stress measured in faecal corticosteroids in a small rodent?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 350-358

  Ylönen, Hannu ^a   Eccard, Jana A ^a,b   Jokinen, Ilmari ^a   Sundell, Janne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bank vole; Clethrionomys glareolus; Foraging; Hoarding; Non invasive methods; Predation risk; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CACHING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HORMONE; ODOR; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HELIANTHUS; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUSTELA NIVALIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745271381     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0171-7     Document Type: Article

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