Reality as the leading cause of stress: Rethinking the impact of chronic stress in nature

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-23

  Boonstra, Rudy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute and chronic stress; Fitness; General adaptation syndrome; Homeostasis; Pathology; Predation risk; Reactive and anticipatory stress

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; HOMEOSTASIS; LAGOMORPH; PATHOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; PREY AVAILABILITY; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MURIDAE; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 84873100075     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12008     Document Type: Article

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