Plasma corticosterone in nestling American kestrels: Effects of age, handling stress, yolk androgens, and body condition

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 205-212

  Sockman, Keith W ^a   Schwabl, Hubert ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian growth; Development; Falco sparverius; Glucocorticosteroids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Maternal effects; Sibling competition; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EGG LAYING; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

EID: 0035016082     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7626     Document Type: Article

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