Reference to glucocorticoids as “stress hormones” has been growing in prevalence in the
literature, including in comparative and environmental endocrinology. Although …

The causes and consequences of individual differences in animal behavior and stress
physiology are increasingly studied in wild animals, yet the possibility that stress physiology …

Glucocorticoid hormones (GCs) are central mediators of metabolism and the response to
challenges. Because circulating GC levels increase in response to challenges, within …

For over a century, physiological tools and techniques have been allowing researchers to
characterize how organisms respond to changes in their natural environment and how they …

Predation is a fundamental aspect of ecology that drives ecosystem structure and function. A
better understanding of predation can be facilitated by using electronic tags that log or …

Migration is a widespread phenomenon among many taxa. This complex behaviour enables
animals to exploit many temporally productive and spatially discrete habitats to accrue …

While biomedical researchers have long appreciated the influence of maternally derived
glucocorticoids (GCs) on offspring phenotype, ecologists have only recently begun exploring …

Wild and captive vertebrates face multiple stressors that all have the potential to induce
chronic maternal stress (ie, sustained, elevated plasma glucocorticoids), resulting in embryo …

After twenty years of studies of endocrine traits in animals living in cities, the field of urban
endocrinology has built a robust literature including numerous studies looking for signatures …

The endocrine mechanisms causing variation and plasticity in life history traits (eg,
development time, mass at birth/hatching, rate of postnatal growth, age or size at sexual …