Environmental conditions experienced during the tadpole stage alter post-metamorphic glucocorticoid response to stress in an amphibian

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 989-1001

  Crespi, Erica J ^a   Warne, Robin W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANURA; BODY COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEHYDRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DEHYDRATION; FRESH WATER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84885463960     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict087     Document Type: Conference Paper

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