Quantifying long-term stress in brown bears with the hair cortisol concentration: a biomarker that may be confounded by rapid changes in response to capture and handling

The measurement of cortisol in hair is becoming important in studying the role of stress in the life history, health and ecology of wild mammals. The hair cortisol concentration (HCC) is generally believed to be a reliable indicator of long-term stress that can reflect frequent or prolonged activati...

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Autores principales: Cattet, Marc, Macbeth, Bryan J., Janz, David M., Zedrosser, Andreas, Swenson, Jon E., Dumond, Mathieu, Stenhouse, Gordon B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cou026

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4732478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293647
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cou026

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