stress: Stress Hormones

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Stress Hormones

Description

Fecal stress hormones in female wild boars as a function of age and reproductive state. Note that females ar classified as juveniles in their first year of life, although they can reproduce.

Usage

data("stress")

Format

A data frame with 60 observations on the following 3 variables.

alter

Age class: juvenile, subadult, or adult.

status

lactating or not.

stress

Fecal stress hormone level.

Source

T. Ruf simulated

References

Further reading: Ahmad, Ejaz, Joe E. Brooks, Iftikhar Hussain, and M. Hafiz Khan. "Reproduction in Eurasian wild boar in central Punjab, Pakistan." Acta Theriologica 40, no. 2 (1995): 163-173.

Examples

data(stress)

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