Long-term decreases of corticosterone in captive migrant shorebirds that maintain seasonal mass and moult cycles

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-104

  Piersma, Theunis ^a,b   Ramenofsky, Marilyn ^c  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 0031864633     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677186     Document Type: Article

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