Using fecal glucocorticoids for stress assessment in Mourning Doves

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 696-706

  Washburn, Brian E ^a,d   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Schulz, John H ^b   Jones, Susan B ^c   Mong, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbiformes; Corticosterone; Feces; Noninvasive; Physiology; Radioimmunoassay; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 0242490845     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7216     Document Type: Article

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