Anthropogenic and physiologically induced stress responses in captive coyotes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1131-1140

  Schell, Christopher J ^a   Young, Julie K ^b   Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V ^c   Santymire, Rachel M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Lincoln Park Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) challenge; anthropogenic stressors; Canis latrans; diurnal variation; enzyme immunoassay; fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analysis; stress response

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GLUCOSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAMMAL; METABOLITE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84885913047     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/13-MAMM-A-001.1     Document Type: Article

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