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stress hormones — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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stress hormones

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 12 | Mentions: 16

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Knowledge graph centered on stress hormones with 71 nodes and 117 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), focal animal sampling (Sciuridae), interspecific competition, Parus major.

Definition

Cortisol and glucocorticoids that help regulate energy balance in animals and could determine dispersal behavior under stressful conditions

Related Terms (17)

HPA axis dysregulationGC signalingstress hormone responseGCstress hormonesadrenocortical activityHPA axiscortisolglucocorticoidsstress hormone

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stress levelsFGM levelsstressfaecal glucocorticoid metabolitescorticosteronearousalanxiety

Publications (16)

Is early life adversity associated with adult stress in a wild rodent?

2025Ecology and Evolutionframework

Are juvenile female golden mantle ground squirrels dispersing from their natal burrow due to high-stress levels?

How social behaviour and life-history traits change with age and in the year prior to death in female yellow-bellied marmots

2021Philosophical Transactions Bmeasured

Morph- and sex-specific differences in corticosterone of Arizona tiger salamanders (<i>Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum</i>)

Morph- and sex-specific differences in corticosterone of Arizona tiger salamanders (<i>Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum</i>)

Adaptive gene regulation in wild mammals exposed to high predator abundance

2019Animal Behaviourcentral

The effect of maternal glucocorticoid levels on juvenile docility in yellow-bellied marmots

2017Hormones and Behaviorcentral

Do Social Interactions Decrease Basal Stress Levels In Breeding Female Yellow-Bellied Marmots?

Related Concepts (10)

fecal glucocorticoid metabolites

measurement5 shared papers

intra-individual variation

phenomenon3 shared papers

interspecific competition

process3 shared papers

social network analysis

framework3 shared papers

alarm communication

process3 shared papers

early-life trade-offs

theory2 shared papers

winter survival

process2 shared papers

facultative paedomorphosis

process2 shared papers

body condition

metric2 shared papers

non-invasive sampling

methodology2 shared papers

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae12 papers

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Vulpes vulpes

Canidae4 papers

Canis latrans

Canidae4 papers

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Sciuridae3 papers

Canis lupus

Canidae3 papers

Marmota monax

Sciuridae3 papers

Ambystoma tigrinum

threatened and endangered species

Ursus americanus

Ursidae2 papers

2016central

Do Social Interactions Decrease Basal Stress Levels In Breeding Female Yellow-Bellied Marmots?

Does Stress Explain Variation in Marmot Parenting Behavior or Pup Survival?

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Stress hormone metabolites predict overwinter survival in yellow-bellied marmots

2015Acta Ethologicaframework

Stress hormone metabolites predict overwinter survival in yellow-bellied marmots

2015Acta Ethologicatested

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild yellow-bellied marmots: experimental validation, individual differences and ecological correlates

2012General and Comparative Endocrinologyframework

Functional importance of plumage badges as intraspecific signals in White-crowned sparrows (<i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i>).

2010measured variable

Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites and alarm calling in free-living yellow-bellied marmots

2006Biology Letterscentral

Faecal glucocorticoid metabolites and alarm calling in free-living yellow-bellied marmots

2006Biology Lettersframework