Turning shy on a winter's day:Effects of season on personality and stress response in Microtus arvalis

Animal personalities are by definition stable over time, but to what extent they may change during development and in adulthood to adjust to environmental change is unclear. Animals of temperate environments have evolved physiological and behavioural adaptations to cope with the cyclic seasonal chan...

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Published in:Ethology
Main Authors: Gracceva, Giulia, Herde, Antje, Groothuis, Ton G. G., Koolhaas, Jaap M., Palme, Rupert, Eccard, Jana A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
animal personality
seasonal environment
photoperiod
juvenile plasticity
corticosterone
HAMSTERS PHODOPUS-SUNGORUS
TITS PARUS-MAJOR
SIBERIAN HAMSTERS
MESOCRICETUS-AURATUS
BEHAVIORAL SYNDROMES
PHOTOPERIOD REGIMEN
SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENT
IMMUNE FUNCTION
COPING STYLE
Parus
Microtus arvalis
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/3952e004-2f39-47e4-bde3-d3ab13b6c83a
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/3952e004-2f39-47e4-bde3-d3ab13b6c83a
https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.12246

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