Ontogeny and individual variation in the adrenocortical response of zebra finch (taeniopygia guttata) nestlings

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Wada, Haruka ^a   Salvante, Katrina G ^b   Wagner, Emily ^c   Williams, Tony D ^c   Breuner, Creagh W ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; HORMONE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NESTLING; ONTOGENY; PASSERINE;

AVES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

CORTICOSTERONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FINCH; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FINCHES; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 69149084724     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599320     Document Type: Article

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