Physiological response to etho-ecological stressors in male Alpine chamois: Timescale matters!

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 577-586

  Corlatti, Luca ^a   Palme, Rupert ^b   Lovari, Sandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Faecal cortisol metabolites; Mating behaviour; Rupicapra; Seasonality; Ungulate; Weather

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLD; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; ITALY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUPICAPRA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; ITALY; MALE; RUPICAPRA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904790683     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1195-x     Document Type: Article

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