Environmental and seasonal adaptations of the adrenocortical and gonadal responses to capture stress in two populations of the male garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis

Stress and reproduction are generally thought to work in opposition to one another. This is often manifested as reciprocal relationships between glucocorticoid stress hormones and sex steroid hormones. However, seasonal differences in how animals respond to stressors have been described in extreme e...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of experimental zoology 2001-02, Vol.289 (2), p.99-108
Hauptverfasser:	Moore, Ignacio TomÁs, Greene, Michael John, Mason, Robert Thomas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Physiological Animals Colubridae - immunology Colubridae - physiology Corticosterone - blood Handling (Psychology) Male Seasons Sexual Behavior, Animal Stress, Physiological - blood Stress, Physiological - metabolism Testosterone - blood
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