Endocrine flexibility: optimizing phenotypes in a dynamic world?
CC Taff, MN Vitousek - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2016 - cell.com
Responding appropriately to changing conditions is crucial in dynamic environments.
Individual variation in the flexibility of physiological mediators of phenotype may influence …
Individual variation in the flexibility of physiological mediators of phenotype may influence …
Aggression and dominance: an interdisciplinary overview
KE Holekamp, ED Strauss - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Aggression in adults is shaped by early life experiences and other
factors.•Dominance hierarchies limit conflict escalation and maintain social stability.• …
factors.•Dominance hierarchies limit conflict escalation and maintain social stability.• …
[PDF][PDF] Glucocorticoid-mediated phenotypes in vertebrates: multilevel variation and evolution
Fluctuations in abiotic and biotic conditions exist in almost all habitats (Dunlap, Loros, &
DeCoursey, 2004; Stevenson et al., 2015). Some fluctuations like the alternation between …
DeCoursey, 2004; Stevenson et al., 2015). Some fluctuations like the alternation between …
Associations between glucocorticoids and sociality across a continuum of vertebrate social behavior
The causes and consequences of individual differences in animal behavior and stress
physiology are increasingly studied in wild animals, yet the possibility that stress physiology …
physiology are increasingly studied in wild animals, yet the possibility that stress physiology …
Glucocorticoids and land cover: a largescale comparative approach to assess a physiological biomarker for avian conservation
VJ Alaasam, TL Behnke, AR Grant… - … Transactions of the …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As humans alter landscapes worldwide, land and wildlife managers need reliable tools to
assess and monitor responses of wildlife populations. Glucocorticoid (GC) hormone levels …
assess and monitor responses of wildlife populations. Glucocorticoid (GC) hormone levels …
Mathematical modeling reveals how the speed of endocrine regulation should affect baseline and stress-induced glucocorticoid levels
Unpredictable environmental changes displace individuals from homeostasis and elicit a
stress response. In vertebrates, the stress response is mediated mainly by glucocorticoids …
stress response. In vertebrates, the stress response is mediated mainly by glucocorticoids …
Independence between coping style and stress reactivity in plateau pika
The concept of coping style represents the way individual animals react to a stressful
situation, both behaviourally and neurophysiologically. Over the last decades coping style …
situation, both behaviourally and neurophysiologically. Over the last decades coping style …
Coping styles vary with species' sociality and life history: A systematic review and meta-regression analysis
RA Duckworth, KC Chenard, L Meza… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite a long history of animal studies investigating coping styles, the causal connections
between behavior and stress physiology remain unclear. Consistency across taxa in effect …
between behavior and stress physiology remain unclear. Consistency across taxa in effect …
[HTML][HTML] Water-borne testosterone levels predict exploratory tendency in male poison frogs
Hormones play a fundamental role in mediating social behaviors of animals. However, it is
less well understood to what extent behavioral variation between individuals can be …
less well understood to what extent behavioral variation between individuals can be …
Seasonal timing and population divergence: when to breed, when to migrate
Highlights•Timing of reproduction and migration vary within and among populations.•Timing
differences arise from variation in neuroendocrine mechanisms.•Timing differences …
differences arise from variation in neuroendocrine mechanisms.•Timing differences …