Pre- and post-natal stress have opposing effects on social information use

Biology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Boogert, Neeltje J ^a   Zimmer, Cedric ^a   Spencer, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental stress; Environmental change; Glucocorticoids; Maternal programming; Public information

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONSPECIFIC; DECISION MAKING; EGG REJECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUSOCIALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMEBIRD; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LEARNING; MATERNAL EFFECT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COTURNIX; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; COTURNIX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OVUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874158207     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.1088     Document Type: Article

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