We measured faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (GCs) in Critically Endangered diademed sifaka to understand how food availability, nutritional intake and habitat disturbance impact stress physiology. GCs elevated with food scarcity and correlated negatively with feeding time. Attenuated GCs in fragmented forest groups suggest a downregulated response to a chronically poor environment.
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