Initial reactivity and magnitude of the acute stress response associated with personality in wild great tits (Parus major)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Baugh, Alexander T ^a   van Oers, Kees ^b   Naguib, Marc ^b,c   Hau, Michaela ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Exploration; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Personality; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETIC TRAIT; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARUS MAJOR; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STRESS;

EID: 84878662748     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.030     Document Type: Article

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