The effects of terrestrial and breeding densities on corticosterone and testosterone levels in spotted salamanders, Ambystoma maculatum

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1795-1803

  Cooperman, Mark D ^a   Reed, J Michael ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DISSOCIATION; HORMONES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PLASMAS; STRESSES;

CORTICOSTERONE (CORT); FREE-LIVING; SALAMANDERS; TESTOSTERONE;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIAN; TESTOSTERONE;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA;

EID: 16844381082     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-150     Document Type: Article

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