Recovery through resistance? nesting urban female song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) have a lower glucocorticoid response to disturbance and return to parental care as quickly as rural females

Urbanization represents a dramatic and relatively rapid change in the environment that has profound impacts on wild animals. Shifts in behavior and endocrine mechanisms of stress response could allow animals to successfully survive and reproduce in urban habitats. Numerous studies have examined the...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Physiology
Main Authors:	Samuel J. Lane, Taylor E. Fossett, Isaac J. VanDiest, Kendra B. Sewall
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-04-01
Subjects:	glucocorticoids corticosterone recovery stress resistance parental care urbanization
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2025.1520208/full