Experimental food restriction reveals individual differences in corticosterone reaction norms with no oxidative costs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Ádám, Z Lendvai ^a,e   Jenny, Q Ouyang ^a,b   Laura, A Schoenle ^a   Vincent, Fasanello ^c   Mark, F Haussmann ^c   Frances, Bonier ^d   Ignacio, T Moore ^a  

^a VA Tech   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONAL PLASTICITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NATURAL POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84911480326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110564     Document Type: Article

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