Glucocorticoid stress hormones and the effect of predation risk on elk reproduction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 12388-12393

  Creel, Scott ^a   Winnie Jr , John A ^a   Christianson, David ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Nonconsumptive effects; Risk effect; Wolf

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COW; DEER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FORAGING; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WINTER; WOLF;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOLVES;

CANIDAE;

EID: 68149128511     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902235106     Document Type: Article

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