Plasma steroid interactions during high-density green turtle nesting and associated disturbance

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-100

  Jessop, Tim S ^a   Limpus, Colin J ^b   Whittier, Joan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Department of Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOSTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOWN REGULATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TURTLE;

CHELONIA MYDAS;

EID: 0033031466     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7288     Document Type: Article

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