Preparing to fledge: The adrenocortical and metabolic responses to stress in king penguin chicks

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-92

  Corbel, Hélène ^a   Geiger, Sylvie ^a   Groscolas, René ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Capture handling stress; Corticosterone; Fasting; Fledging; Fuel utilization; Plasma metabolites; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE METHOD; FASTING; FLEDGING; HANDLING STRESS; HORMONE; METABOLITE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PLASMA; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 73949102039     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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