Constraints, concerns and considerations about the necessity of estimating free glucocorticoid concentrations for field endocrine studies

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1100-1106

  Schoech, Stephan J ^a   Romero, L Michael ^b   Moore, Ignacio T ^c   Bonier, Frances ^c,d  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84885179435     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12142     Document Type: Note

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