Employing individual measures of baseline glucocorticoids as population-level conservation biomarkers: considering within-individual variation in a breeding passerine | Zendy

Christine L. Madliger | Zendy; Oliver P. Love | Zendy

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Employing individual measures of baseline glucocorticoids as population-level conservation biomarkers: considering within-individual variation in a breeding passerine

Author(s) -

Christine L. Madliger,

Oliver P. Love

Publication year - 2016

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/cow048

Subject(s) - biology , passerine , baseline (sea) , foraging , population , ecology , seasonal breeder , galliformes , natural population growth , zoology , demography , fishery , sociology

We outline the importance of considering within-individual changes in physiology when determining how disturbances may impact wildlife. Our results indicate that stress hormones measured on a subset of individuals may not provide a clear picture of how entire populations could respond to environmental change; multiple measures from the same individuals over time may be necessary.

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