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- Beate Apfelbeck, Laurence Cousseau (UGent) , Gladys Kung`u, Virginie Canoine, Janne Heiskanen, David Korir, Fredrick Lala, Petri Pellikka, Mwangi Githiru (UGent) and Luc Lens (UGent)
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- Here, we investigated physiological and behavioural responses of a cooperatively breeding bird in a severely fragmentated and disturbed tropical biodiversity hotspot and combined these data with remotely sensed (LiDAR) environmental data. We found that individuals had increased glucocorticoid levels when breeding in territories with low indigenous canopy cover or located within small fragments. However, when breeding with the help of subordinates, breeders in low quality territories had similar glucocosrticoid levels as those in higher quality territories. Our study shows that sociality may impact how well animals cope with environmental change and contributes to our understanding of the role of glucocorticoid physiology and behaviour in response to anthropogenic change.
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- Animal Behavior, Acute Stress, 1-Alpha-Hydroxy Corticosterone, Lidar Remote Sensing, Habitat Disruption, Habitat Fragmentation
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- CC-BY-4.0
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JQNGTS4Q08WWKPYDHHPENW63
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abstract = {{Here, we investigated physiological and behavioural responses of a cooperatively breeding bird in a severely fragmentated and disturbed tropical biodiversity hotspot and combined these data with remotely sensed (LiDAR) environmental data. We found that individuals had increased glucocorticoid levels when breeding in territories with low indigenous canopy cover or located within small fragments. However, when breeding with the help of subordinates, breeders in low quality territories had similar glucocosrticoid levels as those in higher quality territories. Our study shows that sociality may impact how well animals cope with environmental change and contributes to our understanding of the role of glucocorticoid physiology and behaviour in response to anthropogenic change.}},
author = {{Apfelbeck, Beate and Cousseau, Laurence and Kung`u, Gladys and Canoine, Virginie and Heiskanen, Janne and Korir, David and Lala, Fredrick and Pellikka, Petri and Githiru, Mwangi and Lens, Luc}},
keywords = {{Animal Behavior,Acute Stress,1-Alpha-Hydroxy Corticosterone,Lidar Remote Sensing,Habitat Disruption,Habitat Fragmentation}},
publisher = {{Mendeley Data}},
title = {{Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioural responses to habitat fragmentation}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.17632/H5RYX3K8ZR.1}},
year = {{2023}},
}
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