A consensus endocrine profile for chronically stressed wild animals does not exist

MJ Dickens, LM Romero - General and comparative endocrinology, 2013 - Elsevier
Given the connection between chronic stress and health, there has been a growing
emphasis on identifying chronically stressed wild animals, especially in relation to …

Importance of the glucocorticoid stress response in a changing world: theory, hypotheses and perspectives

F Angelier, JC Wingfield - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2013 - Elsevier
In this perspective paper, we emphasize the importance that integrative mechanisms, and
especially the GC (glucocorticoid) stress response, can play in the ability of vertebrates to …

Reality as the leading cause of stress: rethinking the impact of chronic stress in nature

R Boonstra - Functional Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic activation of the stress axis caused by long‐term uncontrollable and unpredictable
factors in the environment has been regarded as causing maladaptive and/or pathological …

Stress indicators in fish

NM Sopinka, MR Donaldson, CM O'Connor, CD Suski… - Fish physiology, 2016 - Elsevier
1. Why Do We Measure Stress? 2. Quantifying Stress 3. Specific Measures of Fish Stress
3.1. Cellular and Molecular Indicators 3.2. Primary and Secondary Physiological Indicators …

Ecological processes and the ecology of stress: the impacts of abiotic environmental factors

JC Wingfield - Functional Ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid, effective and enduring responses of physiology and behaviour to perturbations of the
environment are key to robustness of an organism (ability to resist perturbations) and …

The role of glucocorticoids in the vertebrate response to weather

R de Bruijn, LM Romero - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in the environment related to inclement weather can threaten survival and
reproductive success both through direct adverse exposure and indirectly by decreasing …

The comparative biology of environmental stress: behavioural endocrinology and variation in ability to cope with novel, changing environments

JC Wingfield - Animal Behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
Coping with perturbations of the environment such as severe storms and other climatic
extremes, habitat degradation, changes in predator numbers, invasive species and social …

How birds cope physiologically and behaviourally with extreme climatic events

JC Wingfield, JH Pérez, JS Krause… - … of the Royal …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As global climate change progresses, the occurrence of potentially disruptive climatic events
such as storms are increasing in frequency, duration and intensity resulting in higher …

Telomere length, non‐breeding habitat and return rate in male A merican redstarts

F Angelier, CM Vleck, RL Holberton… - Functional …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Telomeres are long repetitive noncoding sequences of DNA located at the ends of
chromosomes. Recently, the study of telomere dynamics has been increasingly used to …

Evaluation of hair cortisol concentration as a biomarker of long‐term stress in free‐ranging polar bears

BJ Macbeth, MRL Cattet, ME Obbard… - Wildlife Society …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term physiological stress in individual animals may be an important mechanism
linking ecological change with impaired wildlife population health. In the Southern Hudson …