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Individual variation in coping with stress: a multidimensional approach of ultimate and proximate mechanisms.
Brain, behavior and evolution - 1 Jan 2007
Koolhaas Jaap M, de Boer Sietse F, Buwalda Bauke, van Reenen Kees
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Ecological studies on feral populations of mice, fish and birds elucidate the functional significance of phenotypes that differ individually in their behavioral and neuroendocrine response to environmental challenge. Within a species, the capacity to cope with environmental challenges largely determines individual survival in the natural habitat. Recent studies indicate that individual variation within a species...
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