The effects of maternal corticosterone levels on offspring behavior in fast- and slow-growth garter snakes (Thamnophis elegans)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-32

  Robert, Kylie A ^a   Vleck, Carol ^a   Bronikowski, Anne M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Escape behavior; Locomotor performance; Morphology; Reptile; Stress; Transdermal application; Viviparity

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ECOTYPE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIFESPAN; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL BLOOD; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; UNITED STATES; VIVIPARITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUBRIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 58149125494     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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