Plasma steroids and steroid-binding capacity in male semelparous dasyurid marsupials (Phascogale tapoatafa) that survive beyond the breeding season in captivity

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 236-243

  Schmidt, A L ^a,e   Taggart, D A ^b   Holz, P ^c   Temple Smith, P D ^d,e   Bradley, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

^d Zoological Parks and Gardens Board ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albumin; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Cortisol; Dasyuridae; Die off; Phascogale; Reproduction; Semelparity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HYDROCORTISONE; STEROID; TRANSCORTIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHASCOGALE TAPOATAFA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID BINDING; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 33751249346     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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