Seasonal changes in adrenocortical responses to acute stress in Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) on the Tibetan Plateau: Comparison with house sparrow (P. domesticus) in North America and with the migratory P. domesticus in Qinghai Province

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-53

  Li, Dongming ^a,b   Wang, Gang ^b   Wingfield, John C ^b,d   Zhang, Zhi ^a,c   Ding, Changqing ^a   Lei, Fumin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical response; Breeding; Corticosterone; Corticosterone binding globulin; Eurasian tree sparrow; House sparrow; Wintering

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PASSER MONTANUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPARROW; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

EID: 47949110871     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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