Land use influences the faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of multiple species across trophic levels.

ABSTRACT: Human landscape modification is amongst the greatest drivers of biodiversity loss. Measuring faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGM) in wildlife is of great value to measure the impact of human activities on local biodiversity because FGM offer a non-invasive way of measuring an animal's response to changes in its environment in the form of adrenocortical activity. Here, we measure the concentration of FGM in three native Australian mammal species belonging to different trophic levels: the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) and the spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), both carnivores, and an omnivore that is primarily an arboreal folivore, the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula), and compare the FGM concentrations across three major land uses: agricultur

SUBMITTER: Chiu-Werner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744367 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature