Acute corticosterone elevation enhances antipredator behaviors in male tree lizard morphs

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Thaker, Maria ^a   Lima, Steven L ^a   Hews, Diana K ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Corticosterone; Male morphs; Size dependent; Stress coping styles; Tree lizard; Urosaurus ornatus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRITORIALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; ESCAPE REACTION; LIZARDS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67349256101     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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