Seasonal glucocorticoid secretion in mountain hares (Lepus timidus)

Mammalia

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-350

  Rehnus, Maik ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Filli, Flurin ^c   Hackländer, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

faeces; glucocorticoids; mountain hare; non invasive; seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

CATABOLISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAT; FECES; LAGOMORPH; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEROID; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS TIMIDUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956767007     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2010.032     Document Type: Article

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