Effect of nestling status and brood size on concentration of corticosterone of free-living kittiwake chicks

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Brewer, John H ^a   O'Reilly, Kathleen M ^b   Buck, C Loren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black legged kittiwakes; Brood hierarchy; Corticosterone; Nestling status; Rissa tridactyla

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL VOLUME; CHICK; COLONIAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HATCHING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; STRESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77349115711     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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