Impact of live trapping on stress profiles of Richardson's ground squirrel (Spermophilus richardsonii)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Delehanty, Brendan ^a   Boonstra, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen; Cortisol; Energy mobilization; Field endocrinology; Free ranging mammals; Hematocrit; Immune function

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FATTY ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HORMONE METABOLISM; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII; SPERMOPHILUS RICHARDSONII; SQUIRREL; STRESS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; HYDROCORTISONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCIURIDAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 58149149607     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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