Trapping initiates stress response in breeding and non-breeding house sparrows Passer domesticus: Implications for using unmonitored traps in field studies

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Lynn, Sharon E ^a   Porter, Anthony J ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BREEDING POPULATION; FIELDWORK; HORMONE; ORNITHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SAMPLING; SECRETION; SONGBIRD; STEROID; TRAPPING;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 37849026968     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04204.x     Document Type: Article

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