Corticosterone and corticosteroid binding globulin in birds: Relation to urbanization in a desert city

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-270

  Fokidis, H Bobby ^a   Orchinik, Miles ^a   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abert's Towhee; Birds; Canyon Towhee; CBG; Corticosterone; Curve billed Thrasher; Free hormone; House Sparrow; Northern Mockingbird; Sonoran Desert; Stress response; Urban

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE BINDING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 59249088844     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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