Leucocyte profiles and corticosterone in chicks of southern rockhopper penguins

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-90

  Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Poisbleau, Maud ^a,b   Demongin, Laurent ^a,b   Chastel, Olivier ^c   van Noordwijk, Hendrika J ^a   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Baseline corticosterone; Body condition; G L ratio; Immune system; Leucocyte counts; Southern rockhopper penguin

Indexed keywords

AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650767941     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0508-4     Document Type: Article

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