Human disturbance alters endocrine and immune responses in the Galapagos marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 792-799

  French, Susannah S ^a   Denardo, Dale F ^b   Greives, Timothy J ^c   Strand, Christine R ^d   Demas, Gregory E ^e  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Immunity; Reproduction; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOURISM; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE; ECUADOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; IGUANAS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 78349306037     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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