Maternal stress and plural breeding with communal care affect development of the endocrine stress response in a wild rodent

Authors: Carolyn M. Bauer, Loren D. Hayes, Luis A. Ebensperger, Juan Ramírez-Estrada, Cecilia León, Garrett T. Davis, L. Michael Romero

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: communal care, cortisol, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, maternal effects, maternal stress, negative feedback, octodon degus, post-natal stress

2015

Reproductive correlates of social network variation in plurally breeding degus (Octodon degus)

Authors: Tina W. Wey, Joseph R. Burger, Luis A. Ebensperger, Loren D. Hayes

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association strength, degu, fitness, group structure, octodon degus, social conflict, social heterogeneity, social network

2013

Retinal Spectral Sensitivity, Fur Coloration, and Urine Reflectance in the Genus Octodon (Rodentia): Implications for Visual Ecology

Authors: Andrés E. Chávez, Francisco Bozinovic, Leo Peichl, Adrián G. Palacios

Publication/Journal: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Keywords: caviomorpha, fur, octodon, octodon bridgesi, octodon degus, octodon lunatus, spectral properties, spectral sensitivity, ultraviolet, urine, uv reflectance

2003

Evaluation of liquid nitrogen and dry ice–alcohol refrigerants for freeze marking three mammal species

Authors: Clifford G. Rice, Penny Kalk

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cryobranding, dolichotis patagonum, octodon degus, ovis musimon

1991