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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2019
• Subjects: Research Article; Canada; Sturgeon River; Alces alces; Canis lupus; Bison bison bison; Plains Bison
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6618025/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31308948; https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz037

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 bison (B...