@article{ref1,
title="Early-life maltreatment predicts adult stress response in a long-lived wild bird",
journal="Biology letters",
year="2018",
author="Grace, Jacquelyn K. and Anderson, David J.",
volume="14",
number="1",
pages="e679-e679",
abstract="Persistent phenotypic changes due to early-life stressors are widely acknowledged, but their relevance for wild, free-living animals is poorly understood. We evaluated effects of two natural stressors experienced when young (maltreatment by adults and nutritional stress) on stress physiology in wild Nazca boobies (Sula granti) 6-8 years later, an exceptionally long interval for such studies. Maltreatment as a nestling, but not nutritional stress, was associated years later with depressed baseline corticosterone in females and elevated stress-induced corticosterone concentration [CORT] in males. These results provide rare evidence of long-term hormonal effects of natural early-life stress, which may be adaptive mechanisms for dealing with future stressors.<br><br>© 2018 The Author(s).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1744-9561",
doi="10.1098/rsbl.2017.0679",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0679"
}