Effects of Trapping and Subsequent Short-Term Confinement Stress on Plasma Corticosterone in the Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) on Guam

The effects of capture in a live trap and subsequent handling stress on plasma concentrations of corticosterone and other sex steroids were examined in wild male and female brown treesnakes (Boiga irregularis), an introduced species on Guam that has been implicated in the extirpation or decline of m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	General and comparative endocrinology 2001-10, Vol.124 (1), p.106-114
Hauptverfasser:	Mathies, Tom, Felix, Todd A., Lance, Valentine A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Corticosterone - blood Female Guam invasive species Male Progesterone - blood Radioimmunoassay reproduction reptile snake Snakes - metabolism stress response Stress, Psychological - blood Testosterone - blood
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