Description
Book SynopsisMost physiological and behavioral mechanisms that comprise the stress response come from laboratory experiments using domesticated animals. This book summarizes work to understand stress in natural contexts.
Trade Review"This is a superb manuscript by an outstanding pair of scholars that provides valuable insights into the 'natural world' and a good integration of information from many domains of physiology, neuroscience, behavioral neurobiology and animal behavior. "-Bruce McEwen, Alfred E. Mirsky Professor and Head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University
Table of ContentsPART I. Biology of Stress Chapter 1: Environment and the Earth: A Stressful Planet Chapter 2: Mediators of Stress Chapter 3: Models of Stress Chapter 4: Classic Stress Response Chapter 5: Impacts on Physiological and Behavioral Systems PART II. Coping with a Capricious Environment Chapter 6: Field Techniques Chapter 7: Responses to Natural Perturbations: Variation in Available Energy Chapter 8: Responses to Natural Perturbations: Tempests-Weather and Climate Events Chapter 9: Responses to Natural Perturbations: Poxes, Predators, and Personalities Chapter 10. Modulation of the Adrenocortical Response to Stress Chapter 11: Development, Environmental, and Maternal Effects Chapter 12: Global Change: Consequences of Human Disturbance Chapter 13: Global Change: Conservation Implications and the Role of Stress Physiology Chapter 14: Conclusions and the Future Index
