Body condition and the adrenal stress response in captive American kestrel juveniles

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-73

  Heath, Julie A ^a   Dufty Jr , Alfred M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031881613     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515888     Document Type: Article

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