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Methodological considerations for measuring glucocorticoid metabolites in feathers

In recent years, researchers have begun to use corticosteroid metabolites in feathers (fCORT) as a metric of stress physiology in birds. However, there remain substantial questions about how to measure fCORT most accurately. Notably, small samples contain artificially high amounts of fCORT per milli...

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Autores principales: Berk, Sara A., McGettrick, Julie R., Hansen, Warren K., Breuner, Creagh W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4913509/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27335650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cow020