Two seconds is all it takes: European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) increase levels of circulating glucocorticoids after witnessing a brief raptor attack
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.. Researchers typically study "acute" activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis by measuring levels of circulating glucocorticoids in animals that have been exposed to a predator or a cue from a predator (e.g., odor), or have experienced a standardized...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38728 |