Searching for the Physiological Mechanism of Density Dependence: Does Corticosterone Regulate Tadpol...
Searching for the Physiological Mechanism of Density Dependence: Does Corticosterone Regulate Tadpole Responses to Density?
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United States: The University of Chicago Press
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Density‐dependent population regulation is important in many natural populations, and in those populations, high population density is a likely stressor. In amphibians, previous laboratory studies with tadpoles suggest that corticosterone, the main glucocorticoid stress hormone, is one of the key regulators of density‐dependent growth. To test this...
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Searching for the Physiological Mechanism of Density Dependence: Does Corticosterone Regulate Tadpole Responses to Density?
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19694011
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_19694011
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1522-2152
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1537-5293
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10.1086/518375
