Can physiological stress alter population persistence? A model with conservation implications

Conservation Physiology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fefferman, Nina H ^a   Romero, L Michael ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostasis; Conservation endocrinology; Conservation physiology; Glucocorticoids; Reactive scope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983567648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cot012     Document Type: Article

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