Corticosterone concentrations in free-living spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Homan, Rebecca Newcomb ^a   Reed, J Michael ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Conservation; Glucocorticoid; Season; Stress; Wild animal

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; POND; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; WINTER;

EID: 0037331030     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00578-6     Document Type: Article

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