High housing density increases stress hormone- or disease-associated fecal microbiota in male Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii)

Liu, J; Huang, SL; Li, GL; Zhao, JD; Lu, W; Zhang, ZB

Zhang, ZB (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, State Key Lab Integrated Management Pest Insects, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.

HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR, 2020; 126 ():

Abstract

Density-dependence is an important mechanism in the population regulation of small mammals. Stressors induced by high-density (e.g., crowding and aggr......

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