Stress responses in tropical sparrows: Comparing tropical and temperate Zonotrichia

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 784-792

  Wada, Haruka ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^b   Breuner, Creagh W ^c   Wingfield, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE BINDING PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE-BINDING PROTEINS; TESTOSTERONE;

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFE HISTORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPARROW; STRESS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLIMATE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPARROWS; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

PASSERIDAE; VERTEBRATA; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 33746270765     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505509     Document Type: Article

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