Gender and seasonal differences in the adrenocortical response to ACTH challenge in an arctic passerine, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 33-43

  Astheimer, Lee B ^a   Buttemer, William A ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0028197173     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1994.1057     Document Type: Article

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