Corticosterone in migrating songbirds during endurance flight

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 548-556

  Falsone, Karen ^a   Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass; Corticosterone; Endurance flight; Free living songbirds; Migration

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FLYING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REST; SONGBIRD; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRESS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 70350733474     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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