Corticosterone and the stress response in young western screech-owls: Effects of captivity, gender, and activity period

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-149

  Dufty Jr , Alfred M ^a   Belthoff, James R ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0343923732     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639564     Document Type: Article

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