General and comparative endocrinology, 2013-09, Vol.191, p.24-30
2013
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- Titel
- Non-invasive monitoring of glucocorticoid physiology within highland and lowland populations of native Australian Great Barred Frog ( Mixophyes fasciolatus )
- Ist Teil von
- General and comparative endocrinology, 2013-09, Vol.191, p.24-30
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Elsevier Inc
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Highlights • Urinary corticosterone enzyme-immunoassay was validated for male Great Barred Frogs. • First study of amphibian baseline glucocorticoid physiology at different altitudes. • Significant ( P < 0.001) increase in urinary corticosterone with altitude. • Associations between glucocorticoids, high altitude and life history variables.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0016-6480eISSN: 1095-6840DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.05.012Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1727686709
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- Schlagworte
- Altitude, Animals, Anura, Anura - microbiology, Anura - urine, Australia, autumn, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, body condition, Chytridiomycosis, Chytridiomycota - genetics, Chytridiomycota - pathogenicity, Climate, Conservation physiology, Corticosterone, Corticosterone - urine, corticotropin, Endocrinology & Metabolism, enzyme immunoassays, frogs, fungi, Glucocorticoids - urine, Immunoenzyme Techniques - methods, linear models, Male, Mixophyes fasciolatus, monitoring, physiology, polymerase chain reaction, urine