The Darwinian concept of stress: benefits of allostasis and costs of allostatic load and the trade-offs in health and disease

SM Korte, JM Koolhaas, JC Wingfield… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Why do we get the stress-related diseases we do? Why do some people have flare ups of
autoimmune disease, whereas others suffer from melancholic depression during a stressful …

Actions of glucocorticoids at a seasonal baseline as compared to stress-related levels in the regulation of periodic life processes

MM Landys, M Ramenofsky, JC Wingfield - General and comparative …, 2006 - Elsevier
For decades, demands associated with the predictable life-history cycle have been
considered stressful and have not been distinguished from stress that occurs in association …

Ecological bases of hormone—behavior interactions: the “emergency life history stage”

JC Wingfield, DL Maney, CW Breuner… - American …, 1998 - academic.oup.com
SYNOPSIS. Superimposed upon seasonal changes in morphology, physiology and
behavior, are facultative responses to unpredictable events known as labile (ie, short-lived) …

[LIBRO][B] Asymmetry, developmental stability and evolution

AP Møller, JP Swaddle - 1997 - books.google.com
Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--
oslash--; ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance …

Use of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite measures in conservation biology research: considerations for application and interpretation

JJ Millspaugh, BE Washburn - General and comparative endocrinology, 2004 - Elsevier
Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses are increasingly being used by a variety of
scientists (eg, conservation biologists, animal scientists) to examine glucocorticoid (ie, stress …

[LIBRO][B] Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds

TD Williams - 2012 - books.google.com
Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive
account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration …

Corticosterone in feathers is a long‐term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology

GR Bortolotti, TA Marchant, J Blas… - Functional …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Stress has pervasive consequences for the well‐being of animals. Currently,
understanding how individuals cope with stressors is typically accomplished via short‐term …

In search of relationships between the acute adrenocortical response and fitness

CW Breuner, SH Patterson, TP Hahn - General and comparative …, 2008 - Elsevier
The assumption that the acute response to stress is adaptive is pervasive in the literature,
but there is little direct evidence regarding potential positive fitness consequences of an …

Importance of the glucocorticoid stress response in a changing world: theory, hypotheses and perspectives

F Angelier, JC Wingfield - General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2013 - Elsevier
In this perspective paper, we emphasize the importance that integrative mechanisms, and
especially the GC (glucocorticoid) stress response, can play in the ability of vertebrates to …

Dynamics of food availability, body condition and physiological stress response in breeding black‐legged kittiwakes

AS Kitaysky, JC Wingfield, JF Piatt - Functional Ecology, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
1. The seasonal dynamics of body condition (BC), circulating corticosterone levels (baseline,
BL) and the adrenocortical response to acute stress (SR) were examined in long‐lived Black …