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Ethological Aspects Of Stress In A Model Lizard, Anolis Carolinensis, Neil Greenberg
Ethological Aspects Of Stress In A Model Lizard, Anolis Carolinensis, Neil Greenberg
Neil Greenberg
Research on the stress response in reptiles can provide a useful comparative perspective for understanding how the constituent elements of the response can be put into service of diverse behavioral adaptations. A summary of the neural and endocrine causes and consequences of specific behavioral patterns seen in the small diurnal lizard, Anolis carolinensis, has provided a model for the exploration of the dynamics of autonomic and neurohormonal contributions to adaptive behavior. In this species, changes in body color provide indices of the flux of circulating stress relevant hormones, and are seen in situations from spontaneous exploration through agonistic behavior. Furthermore, …