Variation in the hormonal stress response among larvae of three amphibian species

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 313 A, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 524-531

  Belden, Lisa K ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA JEFFERSONIANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII; VERTEBRATA;

CORTICOSTERONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952200385     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.623     Document Type: Article

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