Invader danger: Lizards faced with novel predators exhibit an altered behavioral response to stress

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-158

  Trompeter, Whitney P ^a   Langkilde, Tracy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Corticosterone; Invasive; Reptile

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SPECIES INVASION; STRESS; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; THREAT;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORTICOSTERONE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIZARDS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959560115     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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