Stress and demographic decline: A potential effect mediated by impairment of reproduction and immune function in cyclic vole populations

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-73

  Charbonnel, Nathalie ^a   Chaval, Yannick ^a   Berthier, Karine ^a   Deter, Julie ^a   Morand, Serge ^b   Palme, Rupert ^c   Cosson, Jean François ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RODENT; STRESS RESISTANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; JURA MOUNTAINS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ARVICOLA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE;

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STRESS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CORTICOSTERONE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; STRESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38749136700     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523306     Document Type: Article

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