Ontogeny and individual heterogeneity of the corticosterone stress response in a wild altricial seabird, the snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea)

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Angelier, Frédéric, Wingfield, John C., Barbraud, Christophe, Parenteau, Charline, Trouvé, Colette, Chastel, Olivier
• Other Authors: H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Nivea; Snow Petrel
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.902202; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.902202/full

In the current context of global change, there is evidence of a large inter-individual variability in the way animals physiologically respond to anthropogenic changes. In that context, the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis and the corticosterone stress response are of primary importance beca...