Corticosterone and growth hormone levels in shorebirds during spring and fall migration stopover

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-651

  Tsipoura, Nellie ^a   Scanes, Colin G ^b   Burger, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIPOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

CALIDRIS ALBA; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS;

EID: 0033230440     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19991101)284:6<645::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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