Biomarker for stress hormones in polar bears, wildlife affected by global climate change

Friday, January 24, 2014 - 11:50 in Biology & Nature

Chemical analyses by neuroscientist Jerrold Meyer and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are helping to establish hair cortisol concentration (HCC) as an important new biomarker for stress in wild animals facing global climate change.

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