Feather corticosterone reveals developmental stress in seabirds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2371-2376

  Will, Alexis P ^a   Suzuki, Yuya ^b   Elliott, Kyle H ^c   Hatch, Scott A ^d   Watanuki, Yutaka ^b   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d Institute for Seabird Research and Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal function; Nutritional stress; Resource allocation; Rhinoceros auklet

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERORHINCA;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEATHER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEATHERS; JAPAN; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84920395330     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.098533     Document Type: Article

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