TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Early-life maltreatment predicts adult stress response in a long-lived wild bird
JO  - Biology letters
A1  - Grace, Jacquelyn K.
A1  - Anderson, David J.
SP  - e679
EP  - e679
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1744-9561
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0679
ID  - ref1
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