Tracking stress: Localisation, deposition and stability of corticosterone in feathers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1477-1482

  Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Marchant, Tracy ^a   Blas, Julio ^a,b   Cabezas, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fault bars; Feathers; Glucocorticoids; Stress physiology; Time frame.

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; FEATHER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 63449092090     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.022152     Document Type: Article

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