Excreted corticosterone metabolites co-vary with ambient temperature and air pressure in male Greylag geese (Anser anser)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-36

  Frigerio, Didone ^a   Dittami, John ^a   Möstl, Erich ^b   Kotrschal, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air pressure; Air temperature; Androgens; Anser anser; Corticosterone; EIA; Feces; Greylag goose; Non invasive endocrine monitoring

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BEHAVIOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXCRETION; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; GOOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION; WEATHER;

ANSER ANSER;

EID: 1942439802     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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