Stress physiological responses to tourist pressure in a wild population of European pine marten

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-5, 2007, Pages 136-142

  Barja, Isabel ^a   Silván, Gema ^b   Rosellini, Stefano ^c   Piñeiro, Ana ^c   González Gil, Alfredo ^b   Camacho, Laura ^b   Illera, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a Universidad SEK   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; European pine marten; Faecal steroids; Stress; Tourist pressure

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EUROPEAN PINE MARTEN; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; TOURISM; WILDLIFE;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PROGESTINS; SEASONS; STRESS;

MARTES MARTES;

EID: 34249982288     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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