Corticosterone exposure during development improves performance on a novel foraging task in zebra finches

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 91, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-32

  Crino, O L ^a,b   Driscoll, Stephanie C ^b   Ton, Riccardo ^b   Breuner, Creagh W ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Developmental stress hypothesis; Foraging task; Learning; Metabolic rate; Performance; Stress hormone; Taeniopygia guttata; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; METABOLISM; PASSERINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

EID: 84896539519     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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