Nutritional stress affects corticosterone deposition in feathers of Caspian tern chicks

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-24

  Patterson, Allison G L ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^b   Lyons, Donald E ^a   Roby, Daniel D ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 84923070788     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jav.00397     Document Type: Article

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