Persistent Effect of Incubation Temperature on Stress-Induced Behavior in the Yucatan Banded Gecko (Coleonyx elegans)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-30

  Trnik, Marian ^a   Albrechtová, Jana ^a   Kratochvíl, Lukáš ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Behavioral syndrome; Open field test; Personality; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIZARDS; OVUM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952089400     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021186     Document Type: Article

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