Qiviut cortisol in muskoxen as a potential tool for informing conservation strategies

Muskoxen are increasingly exposed to multiple stressors that may impact their health and fitness. We measured stress hormones in their qiviut (wooly undercoat), and found differences across seasons, years and between sexes. Qiviut cortisol is a promising tool for guiding muskox conservation in a rap...

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Published in:Conservation Physiology
Main Authors: Di Francesco, Juliette, Navarro-Gonzalez, Nora, Wynne-Edwards, Katherine, Peacock, Stephanie, Leclerc, Lisa-Marie, Tomaselli, Matilde, Davison, Tracy, Carlsson, Anja, Kutz, Susan
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
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Research Article
Arctic
muskox
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5601961/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28948023
https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/cox052
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Summary:Muskoxen are increasingly exposed to multiple stressors that may impact their health and fitness. We measured stress hormones in their qiviut (wooly undercoat), and found differences across seasons, years and between sexes. Qiviut cortisol is a promising tool for guiding muskox conservation in a rapidly changing Arctic.

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