Seasonal changes of the adrenocortical response to stress in birds of the Sonoran desert

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 419-428

  Wingfield, John C ^a   Vleck, Carol M ^b   Moore, Michael C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; ARIZONA; BIRDS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; SEASONS; STRESS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0027121352     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: 1097010X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1402640407     Document Type: Article

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