Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major

Authors: Alexander T. Baugh, Rebecca A. Senft, Marian Firke, Abigail Lauder, Julia Schroeder, Simone L. Meddle, Kees van Oers, Michaela Hau

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acth, behavioral syndromes, corticosterone, dexamethasone, glucocorticoid receptor, hpa axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, negative feedback, personality, stress

2017

Dose-dependent responses of avian daily rhythms to artificial light at night

Authors: Maaike de Jong, Lizanne Jeninga, Jenny Q. Ouyang, Kees van Oers, Kamiel Spoelstra, Marcel E. Visser

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: artificial light at night, circadian rhythm, dose–response, great tit, light intensity, melatonin

2016

Immediate effects of capture on nest visits of breeding blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, are substantial

Authors: Emmi Schlicht, Bart Kempenaers

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: blue tit, capture, cyanistes caeruleus, feeding, handling, human disturbance, nest visit, parental care, trapping

2015

The adaptive function of hatching asynchrony: an experimental study in great tits

Authors: Katarzyna Anna Podlas, Heinz Richner

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: brood reduction hypothesis, great tit, hatching asynchrony, incubation, maternal effects, parus major

2013

Noise annoys: effects of noise on breeding great tits depend on personality but not on noise characteristics

Authors: Marc Naguib, Kees van Oers, Annika Braakhuis, Maaike Griffioen, Piet de Goede, Joseph R. Waas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, anthropogenic disturbance, begging, great tit, noise, parental care, parus major

2013

Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population

Authors: Laure Cauchard, Neeltje J. Boogert, Louis Lefebvre, Frédérique Dubois, Blandine Doligez

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, fitness component, great tit, individual variability, innovation, parus major, problem solving, reproductive success, string-pulling task

2013

Vertical and horizontal transmission of nest site preferences in titmice

Authors: Tore Slagsvold, Kari Wigdahl Kleiven, Ane Eriksen, Lars Erik Johannessen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal tradition, blue tit, copying, cultural transmission, cyanistes caeruleus, great tit, nest site preference, parus major, social learning

2013

Acute stress affects the corticosterone level in bird eggs: A case study with great tits (Parus major)

Authors: Marianne Pitk, Vallo Tilgar, Priit Kilgas, Raivo Mänd

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: albumen steroids, behavior, birds, glucocorticoids, hormones, maternal effects, maternal stress

2012