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Article: Speed of exploration and risk-taking behavior are linked to corticosterone titres in zebra finches

TitleSpeed of exploration and risk-taking behavior are linked to corticosterone titres in zebra finches
Authors
KeywordsBehavioral syndromes
Coping styles
Corticosterone
Personality
Selective breeding
Zebra finches
Issue Date2007
Citation
Hormones and Behavior, 2007, v. 52, n. 4, p. 445-453 How to Cite?
AbstractThe existence of consistent individual differences in behavioral strategies ("personalities" or coping styles) has been reported in several animal species. Recent work in great tits has shown that such traits are heritable and exhibit significant genetic variation. Free-living birds respond to environmental stresses by up-regulating corticosterone production. Behavior during mild stress can occur in accordance to two types of coping styles, i.e. active and passive. Using artificially selected lines of zebra finches that vary in the amount of corticosterone produced in response to a manual restraint stressor we ran three "personality" experiments. We show that birds in the different corticosterone lines differ in their exploratory and risk-taking behaviors. There was an increase in exploratory behavior as corticosterone titre increased but only in the low corticosterone line. Birds in high corticosterone line showed greater risk-taking behavior than birds in the other lines. Thus, in general, higher levels of circulating corticosterone following a mild stress result in greater exploratory behavior and greater risk taking. This study shows that lines of animals selected for endocrine hormonal responses differ in their "coping" styles or "personalities". © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/230791
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dc.contributor.authorMartins, Thaís L F-
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Mark L.-
dc.contributor.authorGiblin, Isobel-
dc.contributor.authorHuxham, Rebecca-
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Matthew R.-
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-01T06:06:49Z-
dc.date.available2016-09-01T06:06:49Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.citationHormones and Behavior, 2007, v. 52, n. 4, p. 445-453-
dc.identifier.issn0018-506X-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/230791-
dc.description.abstractThe existence of consistent individual differences in behavioral strategies ("personalities" or coping styles) has been reported in several animal species. Recent work in great tits has shown that such traits are heritable and exhibit significant genetic variation. Free-living birds respond to environmental stresses by up-regulating corticosterone production. Behavior during mild stress can occur in accordance to two types of coping styles, i.e. active and passive. Using artificially selected lines of zebra finches that vary in the amount of corticosterone produced in response to a manual restraint stressor we ran three "personality" experiments. We show that birds in the different corticosterone lines differ in their exploratory and risk-taking behaviors. There was an increase in exploratory behavior as corticosterone titre increased but only in the low corticosterone line. Birds in high corticosterone line showed greater risk-taking behavior than birds in the other lines. Thus, in general, higher levels of circulating corticosterone following a mild stress result in greater exploratory behavior and greater risk taking. This study shows that lines of animals selected for endocrine hormonal responses differ in their "coping" styles or "personalities". © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofHormones and Behavior-
dc.subjectBehavioral syndromes-
dc.subjectCoping styles-
dc.subjectCorticosterone-
dc.subjectPersonality-
dc.subjectSelective breeding-
dc.subjectZebra finches-
dc.titleSpeed of exploration and risk-taking behavior are linked to corticosterone titres in zebra finches-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.06.007-
dc.identifier.pmid17678929-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-34748907790-
dc.identifier.volume52-
dc.identifier.issue4-
dc.identifier.spage445-
dc.identifier.epage453-
dc.identifier.eissn1095-6867-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000250660000005-
dc.identifier.issnl0018-506X-

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