Changes in patterns of corticosterone secretion concurrent with migratory fattening in a neotropical migratory bird

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-58

  Holberton, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; CATABOLISM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0032823837     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7336     Document Type: Article

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