Temporal overlap and repeatability of feather corticosterone levels: practical considerations for use as a biomarker | Zendy

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Temporal overlap and repeatability of feather corticosterone levels: practical considerations for use as a biomarker

Author(s) -

Christopher M. Harris,

Christine L. Madliger,

Oliver P. Love

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cow051

Subject(s) - feather , biology , corticosterone , zoology , ecology , repeatability , flight feather , moulting , larva , endocrinology , hormone , chemistry , chromatography

We evaluated whether feather corticosterone represents a straightforward indicator of stress in birds by investigating the consistency of levels extracted from multiple tree swallow feathers grown at the same time but at different body locations. We found that different feathers contained different levels, complicating categorization of low- and high-stress individuals.

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