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Class24:Stressresearchinanecologicalcontext
1. Whyisstressgoodforyou/animals?
Affectsbehavior
Motivator
Canhelplearningincertaincases
Suppresssickness
2. Stressresearchinthenaturalenvironment

3. Stressisessentialforsurvival
4. Methods:
Howdoesananimalrespondtobeingcaught?Stress
Hardtodisentanglestressfrombeingcaughtandstressfromnaturalenvironment
5. ElNino
Shrinkbecausethedonthavetoeatasmuch
Thebiggeryouare,themoreyoushrink.BchigherBMR
Moreshrinking=survivelonger
6. Musclewastingandbonewasting
Duetoelevatedglucocorticoids
Triangleshighbodycondition,lowcorticosterone
Thinkwow,corticosteronereallydecreasescondition
But,whenhit35,sendsintodifferentstateswitchtoglucocorticoidmediated
gettingfoodfromdifferentbodyparts
Helpssurvivallastditchattempt
7. Populationsrespondtocapturedifferently
Mostcorticosteroneincreasesquicklyaftercapture

8. Corticosteroneispredictorofsurvival
Mostpowerfulimmediatestressresponselowersurvival
Doesntmatterifingoodorbadconditions
9. VertebrateStressResponse
Marineiguanastaggingandtracking

10. Thisresearchexemplifies.

11. Framework
12. Stressandpredation

13. Stressandpredation
Supposealreadyunderstress,seepredatorcoming,
1) Jumpier
2) hidemore
14. stressandsex
15. corticosteroneincrease>bothinhibitorturnonsexresponse,dependingon
organism
Imabouttodiereleasegametes
16. Lynx&hare
Hareexplodes&contractsinpopulation
Whyisthereslowinharepopulationincreaseafterpredationslowsdown
17. numeroushypotheses
onlyfoodandreductioninpredatorsreversesdecline
needboth
but.alsolongtermconsequencesofglucocorticoidresponse

18. hypothalamusaffectedbyglucocorticoids?
Doesthenegativefeedbackwearoff?
Hypothalamusdesensitizedtonegativefeedbackloop
Addedglucocorticoids,seeifchangesamountofACTH
19. Predictions:

20. Stresstest
21. Predictions
22. Remarkableseriesofexperiments
23. Haresduringpopulationdeclineyearswerechronicallystressed
24. ProfessorKrebs
25. Humanimpactsandassessmentofanimalimpacts
26. Oiltanker
Trivialincomparisontootherspills
Notthatmanydeadanimalsasexpected
Plottedonsurvivalgraph

27. Threshold
Predicted50%decreaseinsurvival
Canpredictlongertermmortalitybasedsolelyoncortisollevels