The adrenocortical responses to stress in breeding Willow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus in Sweden: Effects of latitude and gender

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 376-384

  Silverin, B ^a   Arvidsson, B ^a   Wingfield, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Corticosterone; Latitude; Renesting; Reproduction; Stress

Indexed keywords

PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS;

CORTICOSTERONE; HANDLING; HORMONAL RESPONSE; STRESS; WILLOW WARBLER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030617589     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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