Juvenile moose stress and nutrition dynamics related to winter ticks, landscape characteristics, climate-mediated factors and survival | Zendy

Elias Rosenblatt | Zendy; Jacob DeBow | Zendy; Joshua Blouin | Zendy; Therese M. Donovan | Zendy; James D. Murdoch | Zendy; Scott Creel | Zendy; Will Rogers | Zendy; Katherina Gieder | Zendy; Nick Fortin | Zendy; Cedric Alexander | Zendy

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Juvenile moose stress and nutrition dynamics related to winter ticks, landscape characteristics, climate-mediated factors and survival

Author(s) -

Elias Rosenblatt,

Jacob DeBow,

Joshua Blouin,

Therese M. Donovan,

James D. Murdoch,

Scott Creel,

Will Rogers,

Katherina Gieder,

Nick Fortin,

Cedric Alexander

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/coab048

Subject(s) - biology , juvenile , snow , reproduction , zoology , infestation , ecology , agronomy , meteorology , physics

Lay Summary: We studied moose calves to investigate the links between stress and nutrition, a detrimental parasite during challenging winter conditions and winter survival. We identified several covariates related to fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations and urea nitrogen:creatinine ratios and linked these physiological metrics to a survival rate.

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