Season and migration alters the corticosterone response to capture and handling in an Arctic migrant, the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-177

  Romero, L Michael ^a,b   Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

birds; corticosterone; fat; migration; seasonal changes; stress; weather; weight

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; WEATHER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BODY COMPOSITION; CLOACA; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS;

EID: 0030993982     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(96)00208-3     Document Type: Article

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