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Life in a harsh environment: the effects of age, sex, reproductive condition, and season on hair cortisol concentration in a wild non-human primate

Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) provides a long-term retrospective measure of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity, and is increasingly used to assess the life history, health and ecology of wild mammals. Given that sex, age, season and pregnancy influence HCC, and that it may indicate ong...

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Autores principales: Garber, Paul A., McKenney, Anna, Bartling-John, Evelyn, Bicca-Marques, Júlio César, De la Fuente, María Fernanda, Abreu, Filipa, Schiel, Nicola, Souto, Antonio, Phillips, Kimberley A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32612889
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9365