Varying intensities of chronic stress induce inconsistent responses in weight and plasma metabolites in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

One of the biggest unanswered questions in the field of stress physiology is whether variation in chronic stress intensity will produce proportional (a gradient or graded) physiological response. We were specifically interested in the timing of the entrance into homeostatic overload, or the start of...

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Main Authors: Ursula K. Beattie, Nina Fefferman, L. Michael Romero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/15661.pdf