Within-individual plasticity explains age-related decrease in stress response in a short-lived bird

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Lendvai, Ádám Z ^a   Giraudeau, Mathieu ^b   Bókony, Veronika ^c   Angelier, Frédéric ^d   Chastel, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Plasticity; Stress response

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRD; DATA SET; GENE FLOW; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOLERANCE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FRANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPARROW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FRANCE; SPARROWS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84946616146     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0272     Document Type: Review

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