Corticosterone predicts nocturnal restlessness in a long-distance migrant

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 324-329

  Eikenaar, Cas ^a   Klinner, Thomas ^a   Stöwe, Mareike ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Departure; Glucocorticoid metabolites; Migration; Nocturnal restlessness; Oenanthe; Radio telemetry; Stopover; Wheatear

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLYING; LONG DISTANCE MIGRANT; MALE; METABOLITE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SPRING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; EATING; FECES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; PASSERIFORMES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RADIO; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84903596920     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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