What are extreme environmental conditions and how do organisms cope with them?

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 363-374

  Wingfield, John C ^a   Kelley, J Patrick ^a   Angelier, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Corticosteroid binding proteins; Extreme environment; Glucocorticoids; Habitat configuration; Stress response

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955561534     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.3.363     Document Type: Article

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