Corticosterone is not correlated with nest departure in snowy owl chicks (Nyctea scandiaca)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 119-123

  Romero, L Michael ^a   Holt, Denver W ^b   Maples, Mike ^b   Wingfield, John C ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Owl Research Institute Ninepipes Center for Wildlife Research and Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Birds; Brood size; Glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHICK; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; FEMALE; MATURITY; NEST DEPARTURE; NESTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OWL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

EID: 33749248476     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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