Collecting baseline corticosterone samples in the field: Is under 3 min good enough?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-79

  Romero, L Michael ^a   Reed, J Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Corticosterone; Field endocrinology; Glucocorticoids; Reptile; Stress; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOWL; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12344281095     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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