Effects of social conditions during early development on stress response and personality traits in great tits (Parus major)

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 592-600

  Naguib, Marc ^a   Flörcke, Cornelia ^a,b,c   Van Oers, Kees ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Early development; Great tit; Sex ratio; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NESTING; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERIFORMES; PERSONALITY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 80051884894     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20533     Document Type: Article

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