Corticosterone level changes throughout larval development in the amphibians Rana sylvatica and ambystoma jeffersonianum reared under laboratory, mesocosm, or free-living conditions

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2011, Pages 530-538

  Chambers, David L ^a,b   Wojdak, Jeremy M ^c   Du, Pang ^a   Belden, Lisa K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; REARING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEROID;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA JEFFERSONIANUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84855379269     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-09-180     Document Type: Article

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