Corticosterone, Avoidance of Novelty, Risk-Taking and Aggression in a Wild Bird: No Evidence for Pleiotropic Effects

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 621-635

  Garamszegi, László Zsolt ^a   Rosivall, Balázs ^b   Rettenbacher, Sophie ^c   Markó, Gábor ^b,d   Zsebok, Sándor ^b,e   Szöllosi, Eszter ^b   Eens, Marcel ^f   Potti, Jaime ^a   Török, János ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Operációkutatás és Aktuáriustudományok Tanszék docense   (Hungary)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COURTSHIP; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; METABOLITE; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLEIOTROPY; STEROID; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; FICEDULA ALBICOLLIS;

EID: 84862252470     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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