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Corticosterone's Roles In Avian Migration: Assessment Of Three Hypotheses, Carolyn M. Bauer, H. E. Watts
Corticosterone's Roles In Avian Migration: Assessment Of Three Hypotheses, Carolyn M. Bauer, H. E. Watts
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While corticosterone (CORT) is often suggested to be an important hormone regulating processes necessary for avian migration, there has been no systematic assessment of CORT's role in migration. Prior to migration, birds increase fat stores and flight muscle size to prepare for the high energetic costs associated with long-distance flight. After attaining sufficient energetic stores, birds then make the actual decision to depart from their origin site. Once en route birds alternate between periods of flight and stopovers, during which they rest and refuel for their next bouts of endurance flight. Here, we evaluate three non-mutually exclusive hypotheses that have …