Longitudinal monitoring of sex steroid hormones in excrement of spectacled eiders (Somateria fischeri)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-65

  Ellsworth, Abigail ^a   Buck, C Loren ^b   Atkinson, Shannon ^a   Hollmén, Tuula ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Estrogen; RIA; Sex steroids; Spectacled eider; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECTACLED EIDER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

AVIAN; ESTROGEN; RIA; SEX STEROIDS; SPECTACLED EIDER; TESTOSTERONE;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENT; ESTROGENS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84893476760     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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