Corticosterone: Effects on feather quality and deposition into feathers

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-246

  Jenni Eiermann, Susanne ^a   Helfenstein, Fabrice ^b   Vallat, Armelle ^b   Glauser, Gaétan ^b   Jenni, Lukas ^a  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Corticosterone incorporation; Fault bar; Feather; Feather growth rate; Melanin

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 84922322091     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12314     Document Type: Article

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