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Signs of Stress Seen in Snowmobile Season

Jay Withgott-2002-06-07-Science
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ECOLOGYAs biologists, recreationists, and policy-makers debate whether snowmobiles should be allowed in U.S. national parks, a new study of animal feces suggests that the noisy machines raise the stress hormone levels of elk and wolves. It's not clear, however, whether the glucocorticoid levels measured are detrimental to the animals

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ECOLOGYAs biologists, recreationists, and policy-makers debate whether snowmobiles should be allowed in U.S. national parks, a new study of animal feces suggests that the noisy machines raise the stress hormone levels of elk and wolves. It's not clear, however, whether the glucocorticoid levels measured are detrimental to the animals

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GlucocorticoidStress hormoneFecesBiologyZoologyHormoneEcologyImmunology

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