Stress, corticosterone, and heterophil to lymphocyte ratios in free-living Adelie Penguins

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 392-400

  Vleck, Carol M ^a   Vertalino, Nicole ^a,b   Vleck, David ^a   Bucher, Theresa L ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelie Penguin; Corticosterone; Heterophil; Lymphocyte; Pygoscelis adeliae; Stress

Indexed keywords

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE;

EID: 0034069952     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369652     Document Type: Article

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