Developmental changes in serum androgen levels of eastern screech-owls (Megascops asio)

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 755-761

  Kozlowski, Corinne P ^a,b   Hahn, D Caldwell ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLEDGING; HATCHING; NESTLING; RAPTOR; SERUM; TESTOSTERONE;

MEGASCOPS ASIO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 78649380269     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/10-014.1     Document Type: Article

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