Effects of captivity and body condition on plasma corticosterone, locomotor behavior, and plasma metabolites in curve-billed thrashers

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 595-606

  Bobby Fokidis, H ^a,b   Hurley, Laura ^a   Rogowski, Christopher ^a   Sweazea, Karen ^c   Deviche, Pierre ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOENERGETICS; BLOOD; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CAPTIVITY; DESERT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; HANDLING STRESS; LOCOMOTION; METABOLITE; PASSERINE; SECRETION; STEROID; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CORTICOSTERONE; DESERT CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLYCEROL; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); LOCOMOTION; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRIGLYCERIDES; URBAN POPULATION;

AVES; MIMIDAE; TOXOSTOMA CURVIROSTRE;

EID: 80055034588     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/662068     Document Type: Article

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