Methodological Considerations for Using Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Concentrations as an Indicator of Physiological Stress in the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

• Published in: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
• Main Authors: Dalerum, Fredrik, Ganswindt, André, Palme, Rupert, Bettega, Chiara, Delgado, María del Mar, Dehnhard, Martin, Freire, Susana, García-González, Ricardo, Marcos, Jaime, Miranda, María, Vázquez, Víctor M., Sánchez Corominas, Teresa, Tuñón Huerta, José, Zedrosser, Andreas, Ordiz, Andrés, Penteriani, Vincenzo
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Principado de Asturias
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Chicago Press 2020
• Subjects: Stress; ACTH challenge; Noninvasive hormone monitoring; Steroid stability; Bears; Ursus; Carnivore; Eia; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/228316; https://doi.org/10.1086/708630; https://doi.org/10.13039/100011941

Reliable methods to measure stress-related glucocorticoid responses in free-ranging animals are important for wildlife management and conservation. Such methods are also paramount for our ability to improve our knowledge of the ecological consequences of physiological processes. The brown bear (Ursu...