Speed of exploration and risk-taking behavior are linked to corticosterone titres in zebra finches

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 445-453

  Martins, Thaís L F ^a   Roberts, Mark L ^a   Giblin, Isobel ^a   Huxham, Rebecca ^a   Evans, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndromes; Coping styles; Corticosterone; Personality; Selective breeding; Zebra finches

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FINCHES; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SELECTION (GENETICS); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34748907790     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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