Corticosterone treatment has subtle effects on thermoregulatory behavior and raises metabolic rate in the New Zealand common gecko, Hoplodactylus maculatus

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 641-650

  Preest, Marion R ^a   Cree, Alison ^a,b  

^a The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECTOTHERMY; HORMONE; LIZARD; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIZARD; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HOPLODACTYLUS MACULATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52149086765     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590371     Document Type: Article

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