An experimental test of the capture-restraint protocol for estimating the acute stress response

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-284

  Pakkala, Jesse J ^a   Ryan Norris, D ^a   Newman, Amy E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIMICRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WILD POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HAWK; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PREDATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HAWKS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874403467     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668893     Document Type: Article

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