Methodological Considerations for Using Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Concentrations as an Indicator of Physiological Stress in the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
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...
Published in: | Physiological and Biochemical Zoology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2020
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/228316 https://doi.org/10.1086/708630 https://doi.org/10.13039/100011941 |