Effects of a short period of elevated circulating corticosterone on postnatal growth in free-living Eurasian kestrels Falco tinnunculus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1405-1412

  Muller, Claudia ^a,b   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone growth; Corticosterone implants; Feather growth; Morphology; Stress effects

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; FALCONIFORMES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 66149110013     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024455     Document Type: Article

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