Stress-Induced Tradeoffs in a Free-Living Lizard across a Variable Landscape: Consequences for Individuals and Populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lucas, LeiLani D ^a   French, Susannah S ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LANDSCAPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; UTA STANSBURIANA; WOUND HEALING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CORTICOSTERONE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIZARDS; LONGEVITY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POPULATION; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

SQUAMATA; UTA; UTA STANSBURIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869852209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049895     Document Type: Article

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