The effects of acute restraint stress on plasma levels of prolactin and corticosterone across life-history stages in a short-lived bird: Gambel’s white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 589-598

  Krause, Jesse S ^a   Meddle, Simone L ^b   Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brood value; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis (HPA); Life history theory; Parental investment; Stress

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AVES; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS GAMBELII;

CORTICOSTERONE; PROLACTIN;

ALASKA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPARROW;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CORTICOSTERONE; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEASONS; SPARROWS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84945279455     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/683321     Document Type: Article

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