Effects of Exposure, Diet, and Thermoregulation on Fecal Glucocorticoid Measures in Wild Bears

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Stetz, Jeff ^a   Hunt, Kathleen ^b,d   Kendall, Katherine C ^c   Wasser, Samuel K ^b  

^a Sinopah Wildlife Research Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES LEVEL; FIELD STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOLOGICAL TIME; GLACIER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES; WILD BOAR;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIET; FECES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; SEASONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URSIDAE;

EID: 84874005484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055967     Document Type: Article

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