Mountain-top and valley-bottom experiences: The stress axis as an integrator of environmental variability in arctic ground squirrel populations

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-75

  Sheriff, M J ^a,e   Wheeler, H ^b,e   Donker, S A ^c   Krebs, C J ^c   Palme, R ^d   Hik, D S ^b   Boonstra, R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Environmental stressors; Enzyme immunoassay validation; Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites; Population limitation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HIBERNATION; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; MEADOW; METABOLITE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; RODENT; VALLEY;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 84859992669     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00888.x     Document Type: Article

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