Sex, Diet, and the Social Environment: Factors Influencing Hair Cortisol Concentration in Free-Ranging Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

• Diana J. R. Lafferty ,

  * E-mail: djr.lafferty@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Mark L. Laudenslager,

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Behavioural Immunology and Endocrinology Laboratory, University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

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• Garth Mowat,

  Affiliation British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada

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• Doug Heard,

  Affiliation British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

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• Jerrold L. Belant

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Carnivore Ecology Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

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