Island tameness: An altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 544-548

  Vitousek, Maren N ^a,b   Romero, L Michael ^c   Tarlow, Elisa ^b   Cyr, Nicole E ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyrhynchus cristatus; Anti predator behavior; Catecholamines; Corticosterone; Epinephrine; Gal pagos marine iguana; Heart rate; Island tameness; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FLIGHT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIZARD; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ECUADOR; EPINEPHRINE; ESCAPE REACTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IGUANAS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 76749101935     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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