Diel rhythms of basal and stress-induced corticosterone in a wild, seasonal vertebrate, Gambel's white-crowned sparrow

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 334-342

  Breuner, Creagh W ^a,b   Wingfield, John C ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PASSERI; VERTEBRATA; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII;

EID: 0033179141     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-010x(19990801)284:3<334::aid-jez11>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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