Comparing plasma and faecal measures of steroid hormones in Adelie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-94

  Ninnes, Calum Edward ^a   Waas, J R ^a   Ling, N ^a   Nakagawa, S ^a,b   Banks, J C ^a   Bell, D G ^a   Bright, A ^a   Carey, P W ^c   Chandler, J ^a   Hudson, Q J ^a   Ingram, J R ^a   Lyall, K ^a   Morgan, D K J ^a   Stevens, M I ^d,e   Wallace, J ^a   Mostl E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c SubAntarctic Foundation for Ecosystems Research   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adelie penguin; Blood; Corticosterone; Faecal; Sex differences; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; TETRAHYDROCORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CORTICOSTERONE; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPHENISCIDAE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 73949112798     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0390-0     Document Type: Article

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