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  • Stress and reproduction in male garter snakes

    Creator:
    Moore, Ignacio T.
    Abstract:
    Animals respond to stressful situations with increases in plasma levels of glucocorticoid stress hormones. These hormones originate from the adrenal cortex in response to stimulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Glucocorticoids (corticosterone in reptiles) function to mobilize energy and suppress unnecessary functions until the stress passes. Among these immediately unnecessary functions...
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    ., 1991; Zerrani et al., 1991; Grassman and I-less, 1992a, b; On and Mann, 1992; Wilson and Wingfield

  • Reproductive and aggressive behaviors in the giant hairy desert scorpion

    Creator:
    Tallarovic, Sara K.
    Abstract:
    The giant hairy desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis, is a long-lived species of North American scorpion that is presented here as an important model for research in mating systems evolution and sexual selection. Many behaviors found in this species were undocumented and are described here for the first time. This thesis...
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    things get. My parents, Bob and Joanne, and my brother, Matt, have always been there when I've needed