Urinary corticosterone metabolites and chytridiomycosis disease prevalence in a free-living population of male Stony Creek frogs (Litoria wilcoxii)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 171-176

  Kindermann, Christina ^a   Narayan, Edward J ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACTH; Bd; Chytridiomycosis; Corticosterone; Litoria wilcoxii; Non invasive; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANURA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; LITORIA WILCOXII; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZOOSPORE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; LITORIA LESUEURII; LITORIA WILCOXII;

EID: 84860443231     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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