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Measuring corticosterone in feathers using an acetonitrile/hexane extraction and enzyme immunoassay: feather corticosterone levels of food-supplemented Atlantic Puffin chicks

Amy-Lee Kouwenberg, Auteur ; Donald W. McKay, Auteur ; Michelle G. Fitzsimmons, Auteur ; Anne E. Storey, Auteur

Dans Journal of Field Ornithology (86(1) mars 1, 2015)

Glucocorticoid levels measured in the blood of animals reflect hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity in response to predictable and unpredictable changes. In birds, circulating corticosterone is incorporated into growing feathers and pro[...]

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