Meta-analysis reveals glucocorticoid levels reflect variation in metabolic rate, not ‘stress’
Glucocorticoid (GC) variation has long been thought to reflect variation in organismal ‘stress,’ but associations between GCs and Darwinian fitness components are diverse in magnitude, direction, and highly context-dependent. This paradox reveals our poor understanding of the causes of GC variation,...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2023-10-01
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/88205 |