Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite profiles in diademed sifakas increase during seasonal fruit scarcity with interactive effects of age/sex class and habitat degradation | Zendy

Stacey R. Tecot | Zendy; Mitchell T. Irwin | Zendy; Jean-Luc Raharison | Zendy

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Faecal glucocorticoid metabolite profiles in diademed sifakas increase during seasonal fruit scarcity with interactive effects of age/sex class and habitat degradation

Author(s) -

Stacey R. Tecot,

Mitchell T. Irwin,

Jean-Luc Raharison

Publication year - 2019

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/coz001

Subject(s) - biology , context (archaeology) , habitat , glucocorticoid , feces , ecology , zoology , endocrinology , paleontology

We measured faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (GCs) in Critically Endangered diademed sifaka to understand how food availability, nutritional intake and habitat disturbance impact stress physiology. GCs elevated with food scarcity and correlated negatively with feeding time. Attenuated GCs in fragmented forest groups suggest a downregulated response to a chronically poor environment.

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