Naslov
Behavior and Neuroendocrine Differences in Island and Mainland Populations of Wall Lizards (Podarcis sicula): Do They Mirror Typical Within-Population Variation in Stress-Coping Styles
(Behavior and Neuroendocrine Differences in Island and Mainland Populations of Wall Lizards (Podarcis sicula): Do They Mirror Typical Within-Population Variation in Stress-Coping Styles?)

Autori
Hews, Diana ; Lisičić, Duje ; Glogoški, Marko ; Blazevic, Sofia Ana ; Hranilovic, Dubravka ; Hews, Diana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) / - Austin (TX) : The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2020, 183-183

Skup
Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB 2020)

Mjesto i datum
Austin (TX), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 03.01.2020. - 07.01.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
nervous system ; endocrine system ; antipredator behavior ; within-population variation ; scaled mass index

Sažetak
Alternative reproductive tactics may fit other paradigms that consider behavior differences, including stress-coping styles and personality: consistent individual behavioral differences in multiple contexts or consistent within-individual behavioral correlations. Behavior types often differ in neuroendocrine measures. While many vertebrates show such behavior variation, the ecological contexts favoring these types are less clear. Studying adult males in an island and a mainland population of the Italian Wall Lizard, Podarcis sicula , we asked if personality/coping styles typically described for a single population could represent extremes of a continuum, with one personality (less reactive) expressed on the island and the other (more reactive) on the mainland. In the field, we measured either antipredator behavior following a simulated predator approach (flight initiation distance, FID ; hiding duration, HD), or breeding-season plasma testosterone (T) and corticosterone (CORT ; baseline and 30-min post capture) level in two sets of males, and in the lab we measured behavior and brain monoamines for another set. Island males had lower condition (scaled mass index), shorter HD, lower T, lower aggression, higher open-field activity and lower brain levels of norepinephrine and epinephrine. Novel object exploration, FID, baseline CORT, 30-min CORT, brain dopamine and serotonin did not differ. Future work should examine more populations, and identify selective factors, such as differences in predators and life-history measures, that favor expression of different stress-coping styles in different populations.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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