Repeatability of baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels across early life stages in the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-502

  Rensel, Michelle A ^a,b   Schoech, Stephan J ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida scrub jay; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Physiological phenotype; Repeatability; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

APHELOCOMA COERULESCENS; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CROWS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954779955     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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