Blood metabolite and corticosterone levels in breeding adult pied flycatchers

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 665-677

  Kern, Michael ^a   Bacon, Wayne ^b   Long, David ^b   Cowie, Richard J ^c  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood metabolites; Breeding cycle; Corticosterone; Ficedula hypoleuca; Pied Flycatcher

Indexed keywords

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 23744449839     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2005)107[0665:BMACLI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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