Stress in Birds

Sturkie's Avian Physiology: Sixth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 769-810

  Blas, Julio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical response to stress; Allostasis; Corticosterone; Emergency life history stage; Feather corticosterone; Glucocorticoids; Perturbation; Reactive scope; Stress; Wear and tear

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942673357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407160-5.00033-6     Document Type: Chapter

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