Island tameness: An altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas
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Island tameness: an altered cardiovascular stress response in Galápagos marine iguanas.
Island tameness is a widely documented phenomenon in which island species, particularly those that have evolved with no or few natural predators, show a greatly reduced behavioral response when faced with unfamiliar predators. This insufficient anti-predator response has led to widespread population declines among many island species exposed to novel predators, and has become a serious conserva...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiology & Behavior
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0031-9384
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.01.016