Non-precocial grey-faced petrel chicks (Pterodroma macroptera gouldi) show no age-related variation in corticosterone responses to capture and handling

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-90

  Adams, N J ^a   Cockrem, J F ^b   Candy, E J ^b   Taylor, G A ^c  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Precocial altricial development; Procellariiformes; Seabird; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHING; HORMONE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERODROMA MACROPTERA GOULDI; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 43449097832     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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