Selection for fast and slow exploration affects baseline and stress-induced corticosterone excretion in Great tit nestlings, Parus major

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 864-871

  Stöwe, Mareike ^a,b   Rosivall, Balázs ^c   Drent, Pieter J ^b   Möstl, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coping style; Corticosterone; Exploration; Great tit; Nestling; Personality; Selected lines; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78349304225     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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