Laurence R Gesquiere, Christine Adjangba, Tim L Wango, Vivian K Oudu, Raphael S Mututua, J Kinyua Warutere, I Long'ida Siodi, Fernando A Campos, Elizabeth A Archie, A Catherine Markham, Susan C Alberts
How female mammals adapt metabolically in response to environmental variation remains understudied in the wild, because direct measures of metabolic activity are difficult to obtain in wild populations. However, recent advances in the non-invasive measurement of fecal thyroid hormones, triiodothyronine (T3), an important regulator of metabolism, provide an opportunity to understand how female baboons living in the harsh Amboseli ecosystem in southern Kenya adapt to environmental variability and escape strict reproductive seasonality...
February 15, 2024: Hormones and Behavior