The stressed bird in the hand: influence of sampling design on the physiological stress response in a free-living songbird
Despite the widely used application of standardized capture-handling protocols to collect blood and assess the physiological stress response, the actual sampling design (e.g., timing and the number of blood samples) often differs between studies, and the potential implications for the measured physi...
Published in: | Physiology & Behavior |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Online Access: | https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/258883/ https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/258883/1/258883.pdf |