Arrival date and territorial behavior are associated with corticosterone metabolite levels in a migratory bird

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 587-597

  Lobato, Elisa ^a,f   Moreno, Juan ^a   Merino, Santiago ^a   Morales, Judith ^a,g   Tomás, Gustavo ^a,e   Martínez, Javier ^b   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^c   Kuchar, Alexandra ^d   Möstl, Erich ^d   Osorno, José Luis ^h  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^f CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Arrival date; Forehead patch; Glucocorticoid; Heat shock proteins; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BIRD; HEAT SHOCK; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; METABOLITE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PROTEIN; STEROID; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 77953912067     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0488-x     Document Type: Article

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