Timing of fledging is influenced by glucocorticoid physiology in Laysan Albatross chicks

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-305

  Sprague, R S ^a   Breuner, C W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Corticosterone; Fledging

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; TRANSCORTIN;

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENERGY; FLEDGLING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; FASTING; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 77953360293     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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