Urinary corticosterone metabolite responses to capture, and annual patterns of urinary corticosterone in wild and captive endangered Fijian ground frogs (Platymantis vitiana)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-197

  Narayan, Edward ^a   Molinia, Frank ^b   Christi, Ketan ^a   Morley, Craig ^c   Cockrem, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adrenocorticotropic hormone; capture; stress; urine

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROG; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; METABOLITE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STEROID; URINE; WILD POPULATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PLATYMANTIS;

EID: 77957188870     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO10010     Document Type: Article

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