Ecophysiological studies of hormone-behavior relations in birds

Hormones, Brain and Behavior Online

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 817-855

  Wingfield, J C ^a   Silverin, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Clock genes; Coping; Corticosterone; Emergency life history stage (ELHS); Finite state machine (FSM); Homeostasis; Life history stage (LHS); Melatonin; Migration; Molt; Zugunruhe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884777007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008088783-8.00024-3     Document Type: Chapter

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