Boldness behavior and stress physiology in a novel urban environment suggest rapid correlated evolutionary adaptation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 960-969

  Atwell, Jonathan W ^a   Cardoso, Gonçalo C ^b   Whittaker, Danielle J ^a,c   Campbell Nelson, Samuel ^a   Robertson, Kyle W ^a   Ketterson, Ellen D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; boldness; corticosterone; evolution; junco; urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SITE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SONGBIRD; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; JUNCO HYEMALIS; PASSERI;

EID: 84865746294     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars059     Document Type: Article

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