Corticosterone responses differ between lines of great tits (Parus major) selected for divergent personalities

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 488-494

  Baugh, Alexander T ^a   Schaper, Sonja V ^b   Hau, Michaela ^a   Cockrem, John F ^c   de Goede, Piet ^b   Oers, Kees van ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Corticosterone; Exploration; Great tit; Parus major; Personality; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 84856093222     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.12.012     Document Type: Article

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