The benefits of baseline glucocorticoid measurements: Maximal cortisol production under baseline conditions revealed in male Richardon's ground squirrels (Urocitellus richardsonii)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 470-476

  Delehanty, Brendan ^a   Boonstra, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Live trapping; Mammals; Stress ecology; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIURIDAE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRESS; UROCITELLUS RICHARDSONII;

EID: 84864828142     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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