A non-invasive technique for analyzing fecal cortisol metabolites in snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-313

  Sheriff, Michael J ^a,b   Bosson, Curtis O ^b   Krebs, Charles J ^a   Boonstra, Rudy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH); Dexamethasone (DEX); Diurnal rhythm; Enzyme immunoassay (EIA); Predation risk

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; TRITIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; HARE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; URINE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEXAMETHASONE; FECES; HARES; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TRITIUM; YUKON TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 62949228455     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0314-4     Document Type: Article

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