Comparative patterns of adrenal activity in captive and wild Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Fanson, Kerry V ^a,b,d   Wielebnowski, Nadja C ^b   Shenk, Tanya M ^c   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal metabolites; Glucocorticoids; Non invasive; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SECRETION; VALIDATION STUDY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYNX; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 84855295986     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0597-8     Document Type: Article

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