Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 494-500

  Bortolotti, G R ^a   Marchant, T A ^a   Blas, J ^a,b   German, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Non invasive technique; Reproductive effort; Seasonal variation; Social signal

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; GAMEBIRD; HORMONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALECTORIS RUFA; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 43949114542     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01387.x     Document Type: Article

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