Plasticity of boldness in rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss: Do hunger and predation influence risk-taking behaviour?

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 750-757

  Thomson, Jack S ^a   Watts, Phillip C ^a   Pottinger, Tom G ^b   Sneddon, Lynne U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral plasticity; Boldness; Coping style; Cortisol; Food availability; Gene expression; Oncorhynchus mykiss; Predation threat; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; EPENDYMIN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BOLDNESS BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRF GENE; EPD GENE; GABA A GENE; GAPDH GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MARKER GENE; NEOPHOBIA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUNGER; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RISK-TAKING; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84860516757     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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