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: Frédéric Angelier, John C. Wingfield, Christophe Barbraud, Charline Parenteau, Colette Trouvé, Olivier Chastel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: stress; glucocorticoids; development; repeatability; HPA axis; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Nivea; Snow Petrel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.902202; https://doaj.org/article/567f074fbc114b46a845cd8e27594d69

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...