Effects of predictable and unpredictable food restriction on the stress response in molting and non-molting European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-399

  Bauer, Carolyn M ^a   Glassman, Laura W ^a   Cyr, Nicole E ^a   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Corticosterone; European starling; FGM; Food availability; Food restriction; Heart rate; Predictability

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; STARLING; STURNUS VULGARIS;

AVES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 80052078623     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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