2020
DOI: 10.1002/eap.2055
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Not all urban landscapes are the same: interactions between urban land use and stress in a large herbivorous mammal

Abstract: Urbanization significantly impacts the health and viability of wildlife populations yet it is not well understood how urban landscapes differ from non‐urban landscapes with regard to their effects on wildlife. This study investigated the physiological response of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) to land use at a landscape scale. Using fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) we compared stress levels of kangaroo populations in urban and non‐urban environments. We modeled FGM concentrations from 24 kan… Show more

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“…Significantly higher N:L ratios found in kangaroos at the peri-urban sites LAMN, NBGC, and HP, compared to AM (a nature reserve) could indicate populations under stress. Previous research in Queensland established that kangaroos living within the peri-urban space had higher levels of stress hormone metabolites than their rural counterparts ( Brunton et al 2020 ). However, the opposite was true for populations in the Australian Capital Territory ( Brunton et al 2020 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Significantly higher N:L ratios found in kangaroos at the peri-urban sites LAMN, NBGC, and HP, compared to AM (a nature reserve) could indicate populations under stress. Previous research in Queensland established that kangaroos living within the peri-urban space had higher levels of stress hormone metabolites than their rural counterparts ( Brunton et al 2020 ). However, the opposite was true for populations in the Australian Capital Territory ( Brunton et al 2020 ).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Previous research in Queensland established that kangaroos living within the peri-urban space had higher levels of stress hormone metabolites than their rural counterparts ( Brunton et al 2020 ). However, the opposite was true for populations in the Australian Capital Territory ( Brunton et al 2020 ). In our study, it was not possible to delineate the impacts of anthropogenic stress from other causes such as nutritional stress, high density, and parasitism.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, urbanization is increasingly identified as a potential driver of infectious disease emergence as it can change host spatial dynamics and pathogen transmission patterns in ways that are unpredictable (Neiderud, 2015;Hassell et al, 2017). For example, urban landscapes may alter host-pathogen dynamics directly by changing the way pathogens move through a system, or indirectly through changes to host immunocompetence or behavior (Brearley et al, 2013;Brunton et al, 2020). Urbanization has been shown to increase individual dispersal between troops in the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo), which may heighten the transmission risk of pathogens that spread through close contact (Verble et al, 2021).…”
Section: Life Traits and Species Interactions With Conspecifics And S...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The impact of some of these factors on GC levels has previously been highlighted in other wildlife species [e.g. anthropogenic activities and disturbances ( Ewacha et al, 2017 ; Périquet et al, 2017 ; Santos et al, 2018 ), predation risk ( Brunton et al, 2020 ; Lavergne et al, 2020 ), weather conditions and events ( Cizauskas et al, 2015 ; Fardi et al, 2018 )]. These factors could not be included in our analyses but are likely important drivers of physiological stress in muskoxen, which are crucial to understand in the context of accelerating climate change.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%