Effects of breeding season, testosterone and ACTH on the corticosterone response of free-ranging male fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 295-302

  Klukowski, Matthew ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Lizard; Reptile; Seasonal; Stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79961128474     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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