The effects of sex, age and commensal way of life on levels of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus)

Abstract

We evaluated whether there are differencies between non-commensal (outdoor) an commensal (adapted to human settlements) populations.

Keywords

• Social stress
• glucocorticoids
• non-invasive monitoring
• feces
• adrenocortical activity
• commensalisms
• sociality
• mating systems
• rodents
• welfare