ArticleScientific reports2019
Noninvasive measures of physiological stress are confounded by exposure.
Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- A paired longitudinal comparison of fecal and serum cortisol in Holstein transition dairy cows.BMC veterinary research · 2026Article
- Non-Invasive Assessment of Adrenal Activity in the Subterranean RodentAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Land use influences the faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of multiple species across trophic levels.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Use of thermal imaging to collect fresh faeces for non-invasive evaluation of stress levels in the European hare (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Social support correlates with glucocorticoid concentrations in wild African elephant orphans.Communications biology · 2022Article
- Temporal vs. spatial variation in stress-associated metabolites within a population of climate-sensitive small mammals.Conservation physiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Glucocorticoids and glucocorticoid metabolites are increasingly used to index physiological stress in wildlife. Although feces is often abundant and can be collected noninvasively, exposure to biotic and abiotic elements may influence fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (FGM) concentrations, leading to inaccurate conclusions regarding wildlife physiological stress. Using captive snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) and simulated environmental conditions, we evaluated how different realistic field conditions and temporal sampling constraints might influence FGM concentrations using an 11-oxoetiocholanolone-enzyme immunoassay. We quantified how fecal pellet age (i.e., 0-6 days), variable summer temperatures, and precipitation affected FGM concentrations. Fecal pellet age had a strong effect on FGM concentrations (β
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