Changes in plasma hormone levels correlate with fledging in nestling Leach's storm-petrels

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Kozlowski, Corinne P ^a,b   Mauck, Robert A ^c   O'Reilly, Kathleen M ^d   Philipsborn, Jon ^c   Ricklefs, Robert E ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Fasting; Fledging; Procellariformes; Testosterone; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEDGLING; FOOD INTAKE; LEACH STORM PETREL; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77956615750     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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