Effects of larval density on hematological stress indices in salamanders

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 311, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 697-704

  Davis, Andrew K ^a   Maerz, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; LONGEVITY; LYMPHOCYTES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTROPHILS; POPULATION DENSITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70449447978     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.557     Document Type: Article

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