Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality: a validation study
Abstract
The newly described technique of extracting corticosterone (CORT) from bird feathers may serve as a less invasive, more integrated measure of a bird's stress response. Previous work indicated that elevated plasma CORT resulted in poorer quality feathers during molt. We tested the hypothesis that a direct link exists between plasma and feather CORT concentrations. We experimentally increased plasma CORT concentrations using implants and found...
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Title
Elevated corticosterone in feathers correlates with corticosterone-induced decreased feather quality: a validation study
Published Date
May 1, 2011
Journal
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
247 - 252
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