Harshness is not stress

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Schradin, Carsten | Makuya, Lindelani | Pillay, Neville | Rimbach, Rebecca

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International audience. We must differentiate between stressful and harsh environments to understand animals’ resilience to global change. Harshness is not stress. Stressful environments activate the physiological stress response to increase energy availability, while harsh environments inhibit the physiological stress response to save energy.

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