Within-litter differences in personality and physiology relate to size differences among siblings in cavies

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-28

  Guenther, A ^a   Trillmich, F ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Early development; Individual differences; Metabolic rate; Personality; Siblings

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CAVIA APEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INDIVIDUALITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; GUINEA PIGS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84964199972     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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