Ecological Factors Affecting the Adrenocortical Response to Stress in Chestnut-Collared and McCown's Longspurs (Calcarius ornatus, Calcarius mccownii)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-576

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a,b   Hunt, Kathleen E ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; NESTING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SONGBIRD; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MONTANA; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; CALCARIUS; CALCARIUS MCCOWNII; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0142104294     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375435     Document Type: Article

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