Testing Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation hypotheses in a habitat suitability gradient for roe deer
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T1 - Testing Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation hypotheses in a habitat suitability gradient for roe deer
AU - Escribano-Avila, G.
AU - Pettorelli, Nathalie
AU - Virgós, E.
AU - Lara-Romero, Carlos
AU - Lozano Mendoza, Jorge
AU - Barja, I.
AU - Cuadra, F.S.
AU - Puerta, Marisa
N1 - Cited By :5 Export Date: 27 January 2017 CODEN: ACOEE Correspondence Address: Escribano-Avila, G.; Departamento de Biología y Geología, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Departamental I. C/Tulipán s/n, E-28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain; email: gema.escribano@urjc.es References: Abáigar, T., Domene, M.A., Palomares, F., Effects of fecal age and seasonality or steroid hormone concentration as a reproductive parameter in field studies (2010) Eur. J. Wildl. Res., 56, pp. 781-787; Acevedo, P., Delibes-Mateos, M., Escudero, M.A., Vicente, J., Marco, J., Gortazar, C., Environmental constraints in the colonization sequence of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus, 1758) across the Iberian Mountains, Spain (2005) J.Biogeogr., 32, pp. 1671-1680; Araujo, M.B., Rahbek, C., How does climate change affect biodiversity? 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PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - According to the Cort-Fitness Hypothesis, higher stress levels (glucocorticoids) in vertebrates are correlated to lower fitness. However, recent studies have failed to validate this hypothesis. A proposed wider framework suggests that reproduction can be perceived as an overload adds up to other environmental challenges that individuals must adjust to. In this case, elevated glucocorticoids could help individuals to allocate resources to reproduction without comprising other functions, leading to the expectation of a positive cort-fitness relationship. This has been proposed as the Cort-Adaptation Hypothesis. Stress levels result from a complex interaction between the environment and the neuroendocrine system of animals. Accounting for physiological functions involved in how animals cope with their environment would help to clarify the relationship between glucocorticoids and animal performance. We used roe deer (. Capreolus capreolus) inhabiting diverse habitats in the Iberian Peninsula to: i) test the Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation hypotheses by indexing fitness using a comprehensive physiological approach which takes into account fundamental physiological functions and their trade-offs; and ii) evaluate the link between primary productivity and individuals' condition in a seasonal environment. We evaluated spatial and temporal variation in stress levels, reproductive hormone levels, nutritional status and immune function from fecal samples collected in 2010. Lower stress levels were related to better condition in non-reproductive seasons but not to higher primary productivity. In contrast, stress levels were always positively related to reproductive condition, which was better in most productive habitats. Summer and winter were the less productive seasons and the more challenging for the species in the habitat gradient studied. In winter, reproductive condition traded off against immune function being biased toward immune function in less productive habitats. In summer reduced primary productivity limited roe deer nutritional and immunological condition but not reproductive condition. Overall our results match both the Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation Hypotheses. © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS.
AB - According to the Cort-Fitness Hypothesis, higher stress levels (glucocorticoids) in vertebrates are correlated to lower fitness. However, recent studies have failed to validate this hypothesis. A proposed wider framework suggests that reproduction can be perceived as an overload adds up to other environmental challenges that individuals must adjust to. In this case, elevated glucocorticoids could help individuals to allocate resources to reproduction without comprising other functions, leading to the expectation of a positive cort-fitness relationship. This has been proposed as the Cort-Adaptation Hypothesis. Stress levels result from a complex interaction between the environment and the neuroendocrine system of animals. Accounting for physiological functions involved in how animals cope with their environment would help to clarify the relationship between glucocorticoids and animal performance. We used roe deer (. Capreolus capreolus) inhabiting diverse habitats in the Iberian Peninsula to: i) test the Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation hypotheses by indexing fitness using a comprehensive physiological approach which takes into account fundamental physiological functions and their trade-offs; and ii) evaluate the link between primary productivity and individuals' condition in a seasonal environment. We evaluated spatial and temporal variation in stress levels, reproductive hormone levels, nutritional status and immune function from fecal samples collected in 2010. Lower stress levels were related to better condition in non-reproductive seasons but not to higher primary productivity. In contrast, stress levels were always positively related to reproductive condition, which was better in most productive habitats. Summer and winter were the less productive seasons and the more challenging for the species in the habitat gradient studied. In winter, reproductive condition traded off against immune function being biased toward immune function in less productive habitats. In summer reduced primary productivity limited roe deer nutritional and immunological condition but not reproductive condition. Overall our results match both the Cort-Fitness and Cort-Adaptation Hypotheses. © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS.
KW - Environmental change
KW - Habitat quality
KW - Immune function trade-off
KW - Non-invasive
KW - Stress
KW - deer
KW - environmental stress
KW - fitness
KW - habitat quality
KW - immune system
KW - physiology
KW - reproductive productivity
KW - steroid
KW - trade-off
KW - Sustainability Science
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U2 - 10.1016/j.actao.2013.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.actao.2013.08.003
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 53
SP - 38
EP - 48
JO - Acta Oecologica
JF - Acta Oecologica
SN - 1146-609X
ER -