Stress, corticosterone responses and avian personalities

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPLL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Cockrem, John F ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adelie penguin; Behaviour; Chicken; Corticosterone; Fear; Great tit; Japanese quail; Personality; Stress

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; HORMONE; STRESS;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 36949007893     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0175-8     Document Type: Review

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