Contrasting fecal corticosterone metabolite levels in captive and free-living colonial tuco-tucos (Ctenomys sociabilis)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 498-507

  Woodruff, Julie A ^a   Lacey, Eileen A ^a   Bentley, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS SOCIABILIS; RODENTIA;

CORTICOSTERONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; RODENTIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78651456080     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.621     Document Type: Article

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