Stress response of brown pelican nestlings to ectoparasite infestation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-38

  Eggert, Lisa M F ^a   Jodice, Patrick G R ^a   O'Reilly, Kathleen M ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown pelican; Carios capensis; Corticosterone; Ectoparasites; Pelecanus occidentalis; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BROWN PELICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FISH; INFESTATION; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TICK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77349111736     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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