Plasma DHEA levels in wild, territorial red squirrels: Seasonal variation and effect of ACTH

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Boonstra, Rudy ^a   Lane, Jeffrey E ^b   Boutin, Stan ^b   Bradley, Adrian ^c   Desantis, Lanna ^a   Newman, Amy E M ^d   Soma, Kiran K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal cortex; Aggression; Boreal forest; Cortisol; DHEA; Food supply; Population density; Season; Sex difference; Stress; Territorial behavior; Testosterone; Winter

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUIRREL; TERRITORIALITY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 47749137330     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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