Do baseline glucocorticoids predict fitness?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 634-642

  Bonier, Frances ^a,b   Martin, Paul R ^a   Moore, Ignacio T ^b   Wingfield, John C ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

BASELINE SURVEY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FITNESS; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC FITNESS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 71749111748     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.04.013     Document Type: Review

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