The role of stress proteins in the study of allostatic overload in birds: Use and applicability to current studies in avian ecology

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1596-1602

  Herring, Garth ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Heat shock protein; HSP; Physiology; Stress protein; Vertebrate stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGY; FOWL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

ALLOSTASIS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RESEARCH;

AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35148849067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.242     Document Type: Short Survey

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