A review of factors influencing the stress response in Australian marsupials

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hing, Stephanie ^a   Narayan, Edward ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   Godfrey, Stephanie ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; Glucocorticoids; Marsupials; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983507827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cou027     Document Type: Review

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