Acute thermal stressor increases glucocorticoid response but minimizes testosterone and locomotor performance in the cane toad (Rhinella marina)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Narayan, Edward J ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; TESTOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANURA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLITE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHINELLA MARINA; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE STRESS; URINE LEVEL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BUFO MARINUS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; RIGHTING REFLEX; TEMPERATURE; URINE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BUFO MARINUS; CORTICOSTERONE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REFLEX, RIGHTING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84898657800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092090     Document Type: Article

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