Variation in circulating corticosterone levels is associated with altitudinal range expansion in a passerine bird

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 369-378

  Addis, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Davis, Jason E ^a,c   Miner, Brooks E ^a   Wingfield, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ACCLIMATION; ALTITUDE; BASELINE CONDITIONS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HORMONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RANGE EXPANSION; SECRETION; STEROID; SUBSPECIES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; SONGBIRDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WASHINGTON;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 80052657279     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2001-5     Document Type: Article

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