Physiological stress in koala populations near the arid edge of their distribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Davies, Nicole Ashley ^a   Gramotnev, Galina ^a   McAlpine, Clive ^a   Seabrook, Leonie ^a   Baxter, Greg ^a   Lunney, Daniel ^b,c   Rhodes, Jonathan R ^a   Bradley, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DROUGHTS; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; RAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893352135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079136     Document Type: Article

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