Do glucocorticoids in droppings reflect baseline level in birds captured in the wild? A case study in snow geese

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 440-445

  Legagneux, Pierre ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^b   Picard, Gérald ^a   Bêty, Joël ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal corticotropic hormone (ACTH); Capture effect; Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEN CAERULESCENS ATLANTICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GOOSE; HABITUATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 79957837918     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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