The need for a predictive, context-dependent approach to the application of stress hormones in conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 283-287

  Madliger, Christine L ^a   Love, Oliver P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT; PHYSIOLOGY;

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC FITNESS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84893642918     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12185     Document Type: Article

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