When captured by a predator, the prey's options for escape decrease dramatically; however,
some species, such as dice snakes, display a wide variety of behaviours in order to escape …

Emerging fungal pathogens are a direct threat to vertebrate biodiversity. Elucidating the
mechanisms by which mycoses impact host fitness is an important step towards effective …

Disease may be both a cause and a consequence of stress, and physiological responses to
infectious disease may involve stress coping mechanisms that have important fitness …

Functional constraints between different types of antipredator behavior should be common,
especially if they are on the opposite sides of the behavioral spectrum such as flight and …

The potentially suppressive effects of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis on the
hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis revolve around the central role that …

When captured, many prey respond by biting the predator or struggling to get free. However,
one indirect escape option is death feigning (DF), in which complete immobility supposedly …

The common boa (Boa constrictor) belongs to the family Boidae and represents one of the
most popular traded and kept snake species in captivity. The early diagnosis, prevention …

Understanding stress ecology in snakes is important to anticipate individual and population-
level consequences of different types of stressors and plan for conservation efforts …

Context Understanding both the short-and long-term consequences of live animal capture is
desirable to limit potential data biases or compromise animal welfare. The short-term …

La création de réserves intégrales vise à enrayer l'effondrement de la biodiversité. Toutefois,
les bénéfices attendus sur la faune sont rarement évalués. Les forêts classées en RBI …