Effect of food limitation and reproductive activity on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in banded mongooses

BACKGROUND: Glucocorticoids mediate responses to perceived stressors, thereby restoring homeostasis. However, prolonged glucocorticoid elevation may cause homeostatic overload. Using extensive field investigations of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) groups in northern Botswana, we assessed the influen...

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Autores principales: Laver, Pete N., Ganswindt, André, Ganswindt, Stefanie B., Alexander, Kathleen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00280-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7027037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00280-z

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