Stress responses of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) to different urban land uses

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Chávez Zichinelli, Carlos A ^a   MacGregor Fors, Ian ^a   Rohana, Patricia Talamás ^b   Valdéz, Ricardo ^b   Romano, Marta C ^b   Schondube, Jorge E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Ecophysiology; Immunoglobulin; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; HOUSES; PHYSIOLOGY;

CORTICOSTERONE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

LAND USE;

ADAPTATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HORMONE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LAND USE; PATHOGEN; SONGBIRD; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 78049294578     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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