Landscape of stress: Tree mortality influences physiological stress and survival in a native mesocarnivore.

Climate change and anthropogenic modifications to the landscape can have both positive and negative effects on an animal. Linking landscape change to physiological stress and fitness of an animal is a fundamental tenet to be examined in applied ecology. Cortisol is a glucocorticoid hormone that can...

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Main Authors: Jennifer R Kordosky, Eric M Gese, Craig M Thompson, Patricia A Terletzky, Lorin A Neuman-Lee, Jon D Schneiderman, Kathryn L Purcell, Susannah S French
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253604