Life history and the ecology of stress: How do glucocorticoid hormones influence life-history variation in animals?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-106

  Crespi, Erica J ^a   Williams, Tony D ^b   Jessop, Tim S ^c   Delehanty, Brendan ^d  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness; Reproduction; Stress; Survival; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FITNESS; HORMONE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTEIN; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84873097275     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12009     Document Type: Article

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