Rapid suppression of testosterone secretion after capture in male American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-222

  Lance, Valentine A ^a   Elsey, Ruth M ^b   Butterstein, George ^c   Trosclair III, Phillip L ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOSE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0346992139     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.09.013     Document Type: Article

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