Adrenal activity in maned wolves is higher on farmlands and park boundaries than within protected areas

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-240

  Spercoski, Katherinne M ^a   Morais, Rosana N ^a   Morato, Ronaldo G ^b,c   de Paula, Rogério C ^b,c   Azevedo, Fernanda C ^e   May Júnior, Joares A ^c   Santos, Jean P ^c   Reghelin, Angela L ^a   Wildt, David E ^d   Songsasen, Nucharin ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Chico Mendes Inst of Biodiversity Conservation (CENAP ICMBio)   (Brazil)

^c Institute for Conservation of the Neotropical Carnivores   (Brazil)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Cerrado Mammals Conservation Program   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adrenal activity; Anthropogenic pressure; Fecal corticoid metabolites; Free ranging; Maned wolf; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENDER; HABITAT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WOLF; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CORTICOSTEROID RELEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES LEVEL; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); NATIONAL PARK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLANDS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84866498549     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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