Open AccessEffects of human disturbance on postnatal growth and baseline corticosterone in a long-lived bird
Author(s) -
Hannah Watson,
Pat Monaghan,
Britt J. Heidinger,
Mark Bolton
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/coab052
Subject(s) - biology , disturbance (geology) , fledge , precocial , predation , ecology , corticosterone , baseline (sea) , foraging , energetics , zoology , endocrinology , fishery , hormone , paleontology
The effects of human disturbance on avian physiology have been mainly studied in adults, yet consequences for developing young could be severe. Despite early reduction in growth rates, storm petrel nestlings in disturbed areas fledged at the same size as undisturbed chicks and showed no marked elevation in baseline glucocorticoids.