Seasonal variation in plasma corticosterone concentrations in wild and captive adult Duvaucels geckos (Hoplodactylus duvaucelii) in New Zealand

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-242

  Barry, Manuela ^a   Cockrem, John F ^b   Brunton, Dianne H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

captive breeding; reptiles.

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONE; PLASMA; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WILD POPULATION;

GEKKONIDAE; HOPLODACTYLUS DUVAUCELII; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78649305028     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO10023     Document Type: Article

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