Ecological processes and the ecology of stress: The impacts of abiotic environmental factors

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-44

  Wingfield, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocortical responses; CBG; Emergency life history stage; Stress; Stress modulation; Unpredictable perturbations

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTINCTION; HORMONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; URBANIZATION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873096804     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12039     Document Type: Article

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