If someone could help me, I'm analyzing chronic stress in juvenile bats induced by food restriction, and I was wondering if the basal cortisol level of the mother could affect it (postnatal stade)?
Dear Doriane,
here are some papers. You can contact the authors with your questions:
Article Basal, diurnal, and stress-induced levels of glucose and glu...
Article Measuring Physiological Stress in Australian Flying-Fox Populations
Article Flying-Fox Roost Disturbance and Hendra Virus Spillover Risk
Article Non-invasive monitoring of stress hormones in the bat Eptesi...
Hi Doriane,
Interesting question. It seems that at in some species and systems the data support a strong linkage between maternal GC's and transmission to offspring and that this can be can be inherited across multiple generations. Below is some work on hares and arctic ground squirrels. In addition, I suggest you look into the avian literature. I know that Sasha Kitayski has done some work with black legged kittiwakes and stress that indicate the same thing.
Good luck!
Loren
Love OP, McGowan PO, Sheriff MJ.. Maternal adversity and ecological stressors in natural populations: the role of stress axis programming in individuals, with implications for populations and communities. Funct Ecol 27: 81-92
Sheriff et al. The ghosts of predators past: Population cycles and the role of maternal programming under fluctuating predation risk. Ecology 91(10):2983-94 · September 2010.
The sensitive hare: sublethal effects of predator stress on reproduction in snowshoe hares. J Anim Ecol. Journal of Animal Ecology 78(6):1249-58 · April 2009
Predator-induced maternal stress and population demography in snowshoe hares: The more severe the risk, the longer the generational effect. Journal of Zoology 296(4) · April 2015 DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12249
Bat does not seem to be a popular research subject relative to this question:
Article Mild maternal stress disrupts associative learning and incre...
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