Corticosterone secretion, energetic condition, and a test of the migration modulation hypothesis in the Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus), a short-distance migrant

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1094-1102

  Long, Jennifer A ^a   Holberton, Rebecca L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; POPULATION REGULATION; SONGBIRD;

AVES; CATHARUS; CATHARUS GUTTATUS; PASSERI; TURDIDAE; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 7644241952     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.4.1094     Document Type: Article

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