Impact of live trapping on the stress response of the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-478

  Fletcher, Q E ^a   Boonstra, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenocortical axis; Live trapping stress; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLUCOSE; SMALL MAMMAL; STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TRAPPING;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33750073171     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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