Baseline and acute levels of corticosterone in Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens): Effects of food supplementation, suburban habitat, and year

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 150-160

  Schoech, Stephan J ^a   Bowman, Reed ^b   Bridge, Eli S ^a   Boughton, Raoul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelocoma coerulescens; Corticosterone; Florida Scrub Jay; Food supplementation; Stress series; Urban physiological ecology

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLEDGLING; HABITAT; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCRUB JAY; STRESS; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 34548420277     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.027     Document Type: Article

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