Short telomeres confer risk of degenerative diseases. Chronic psychological stress can lead
to disease through many pathways, and research from in vitro studies to human longitudinal …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) can disrupt adaptive patterns of physiology and behavior that
promote high fitness, resulting in physiological stress and elevation of steroid …

Acute rises in glucocorticoid hormones allow individuals to adaptively respond to
environmental challenges but may also have negative consequences, including oxidative …

Environmental conditions during early‐life development can have lasting effects shaping
individual heterogeneity in fitness and fitness‐related traits. The length of telomeres, the …

Background The neuroendocrine stress response allows vertebrates to cope with stressors
via the activation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis, which ultimately results …

While evidence that telomere length is associated with health and mortality in humans and
birds is accumulating, a large body of research is currently seeking to identify factors that …

Early life for animals is often a time of rapid growth and development. In a resource-limited
environment, life history theory predicts that there must be trade-offs between resource sinks …

Natal dispersal affects many processes such as population dynamics. So far, most studies
have examined the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that determine the distance between the …

Stressors experience early in life by animals may have carry over impacts on life-traits over
the life cycle. Accelerated telomere attrition induced by stress during development and …

In birds, patterns of development of the adrenocortical response to stressors vary among
individuals, types of stressors, and species. Since there are benefits and costs of exposure …