Breeding on the extreme edge: Modulation of the adrenocortical response to acute stress in two High Arctic passerines

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 323, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 266-275

  Walker, Brian G ^a,b   Meddle, Simone L ^c   Romero, L Michael ^d   Landys, Meta M ^a,e   Reneerkens, Jeroen ^f   Wingfield, John C ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS; PASSERI; PLECTROPHENAX; PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS;

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BLOOD; COLD CLIMATE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; COLD CLIMATE; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MOLTING; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84927712551     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1923     Document Type: Article

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