Inclement weather can rapidly modify the thermal conditions experienced by animals,
inducing changes in their behavior, body condition, and stress physiology, and affecting …

Phenotypic plasticity of life-history traits is well known among vertebrate species. We
estimated reproductive and somatic efforts of female Columbian ground squirrels …

Measuring fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (fGCMs) is a widely used, non-invasive method
for studies of stress in vertebrates. To study physiological responses in wild Arctic foxes …

The measurement of glucocorticoid (GC) hormones provides us with a window into the
stress physiology of vertebrates and the adaptative responses they use to cope with …

Stressors activate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis which produces glucocorticoid
(GC) hormones. Social buffering, the lowering of glucocorticoid secretion with increased …

Social environments can profoundly affect the behavior and stress physiology of group-living
animals. In many territorial species, territory owners advertise territorial boundaries to …

The abiotic environment, including climate conditions, may affects organism in multiple
ways: by modifying their behaviour or physiology in the short-term, by having long-term …

Variation in the schedule of key life events such as the age of first reproduction and the
timing of dispersal arises via differential investment of resources into key functions such as …