Tameness and stress physiology in a predator-naive island species confronted with novel predation threat
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Tameness and stress physiology in a predator-naive island species confronted with novel predation threat.
Tame behaviour, i.e. low wariness, in terrestrial island species is often attributed to low predation pressure. However, we know little about its physiological control and its flexibility in the face of predator introductions. Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) on the Galapagos Islands are a good model to study the physiological correlates of low wariness. They have lived virtually withou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0962-8452,1471-2954
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3755