Effects of early stress on behavioral syndromes: An integrated adaptive perspective

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1452-1465

  Sih, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Adaptive stress response; Behavioral syndromes; Cost benefit theory; Human induced rapid environmental change; State dependent behavior; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADAPTIVE PLASTICITY MODEL; ADAPTIVE PREY BEHAVIOR MODEL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION; PREDICTION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRESS; STATE DEPENDENT ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79957440137     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.03.015     Document Type: Review

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