Effects of temperature on urinary corticosterone metabolite responses to short-term capture and handling stress in the cane toad (Rhinella marina)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-305

  Narayan, Edward J ^a   Cockrem, John F ^b   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Non invasive; Short term corticosterone responses; Temperature; Urine

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANURA; ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HORMONE RESPONSE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINELLA MARINA; STEROID URINE LEVEL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERMODYNAMICS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84863764154     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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