Effect of food limitation and reproductive activity on fecal glucocorticoid metabolite levels in banded mongooses

BMC Ecology

Table 6 Relative magnitude (in x-fold change) of stress responses in categories of banded mongoose groups, northeastern Botswana (2008–2011)

Group	Month	fGCM	Captive			Urban + lodge		Park + lodge
			Nadir	Baseline	Peak	Nadir	Peak	Nadir
			0.14	0.28	5.49	0.41	5.28	0.55
Captive	Nadir (9)	0.14
	Baseline	0.28	+ 1
	Peak (3)	5.49	+ 40	+ 19
Urban + lodge	Nadir (2)	0.41	+ 2	+ 0.5	− 12
Urban + lodge	Peak (11)	5.28	+ 38	+ 18	− 0.04	+ 12
Park + lodge	Nadir (2)	0.55	+ 3	+ 0.9	− 9	+ 0.3	− 9
Park + lodge	Peak (9)	9.01	+ 66	+ 31	+ 0.6	+ 21	+ 0.7	+ 16

Stress responses in nadir, baseline, and peak months (with month number) as measured by fecal glucocorticoid metabolites (fGCMs, monthly median, \(\upmu \hbox {g}/\hbox {g}\) org. content), in free-living and captive banded mongooses (Mungos mungo). We include the long-term non-reproductive baseline for the captive group. Reading across rows, values within the matrix represent the x-fold change in fGCMs from the first column relative to the corresponding fGCM value on the top row (e.g. the captive group’s baseline was double [onefold increase] its nadir). x-fold values \(> 1\) were rounded to the nearest whole number

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