Chronic stress and body condition of wolf-killed prey in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan

• Published in: Conservation Physiology
• Main Authors: Shave, Justin R, Derocher, Andrew E, Cherry, Seth G, Thiemann, Gregory W
• Other Authors: Fuller, Andrea, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s Program, Parks Canada Agency Conservation and Restoration Program
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2019
• Subjects: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecological Modeling; Physiology; Canada; Sturgeon River; Alces alces; Canis lupus; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz037; http://academic.oup.com/conphys/article-pdf/7/1/coz037/28921715/coz037.pdf

Abstract Chronic stress and poor body condition can cause adverse physiological and behavioural responses and may make animals more vulnerable to predation. We examined hair cortisol concentration (HCC) and marrow lipid content, as bioindicators of chronic stress and body condition, respectively, of...