Within-Individual Correlations Reveal Link Between a Behavioral Syndrome, Condition, and Cortisol in Free-Ranging Belding's Ground Squirrels

Ethology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 125-134

  Dosmann, Andy J ^a,b   Brooks, Katherine C ^b   Mateo, Jill M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal personality; Asset protection; Behavioral syndromes; Condition; Glucocorticoids; State dependent safety

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84920587502     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12320     Document Type: Article

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