Does feather corticosterone reflect individual quality or external stress in arctic-nesting migratory birds?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Legagneux, Pierre ^a   Harms, N Jane ^b   Gauthier, Gilles ^c   Chastel, Olivier ^d   Gilchrist, H Grant ^e   Bortolotti, Gary ^b   Bêty, Joël ^a   Soos, Catherine ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; ARCTIC REGIONS; CORTICOSTERONE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GEESE; MOLTING; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84894284771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082644     Document Type: Review

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