Assessing stress in wild populations is important in many ecological and conservation
contexts because the physiological responses of individuals to stressors can be used to …

Colombia is a megadiverse country with about 600 species of reptiles; however, there are
few studies on species of hemoparasites found in this taxonomic group. Here, we document …

Although corticosterone (CORT) regulates many physiological mechanisms, the
associations between CORT levels, immunocompetence, energy expenditures and …

In vertebrates, one main feature of stress response is the release of glucocorticoids
(corticosterone in reptiles), steroid hormones whose synthesis is regulated by the …

Understanding stress ecology in snakes is important to anticipate individual and population-
level consequences of different types of stressors and plan for conservation efforts …

Plasmodium mexicanum is a malaria parasite that naturally infects the western fence lizard,
Sceloporus occidentalis, in northern California. We set out to determine whether lizards …

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