A combination of body condition measurements is more informative than conventional condition indices: Temporal variation in body condition and corticosterone in brown tree snakes (Boiga irregularis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 607-612

  Waye, Heather L ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Brown tree snake; Corticosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY FAT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE;

EID: 38849185325     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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