Behavioral and physiological adjustments to new predators in an endemic island species, the Galápagos marine iguana

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 653-663

  Berger, Silke ^a   Wikelski, Martin ^b   Romero, L Michael ^c   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,d   Rödl, Thomas ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti predator response; Corticosterone; Flight initiation distance; Iguana; Introduced predator; Island

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FERAL ANIMAL; HORMONE RELEASE; LIZARD; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATS; DOGS; ECUADOR; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IGUANAS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 36148962933     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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