Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Time-dependent effects of predation risk on stressor reactivity and growth in developing larval anurans (Lithobates pipiens)

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Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Longhi, Jessica N., Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis L, Thesis advisor (ths): Kerr, Leslie R, Degree committee member (dgc): Emery, R.J. Neil, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The predator vs. prey dynamic is an omnipresent factor in ecological systems that may drive changes in life history patterns in prey animals through behavioural, morphological, and physiological changes. Predation risk can have profound effects on the life history events of an animal, and is influenced by the neuroendocrine stress response. Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-… more