Relation of glucocorticosteroids and testosterone to the annual cycle of free-living degus in semiarid central Chile

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 236-243

  Kenagy, G J ^a   Place, Ned J ^a   Veloso, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Body mass; Corticosterone; Cortisol; Degu; Field endocrinology; Glucocorticosteroids; Octodon degus; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

EID: 0032775301     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7307     Document Type: Article

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