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Not so scary after all? Decoding the landscape of fear through hormonal responses to risky times and places
Levi Newediuk, Brett R. Jesmer, Gabriela F. Mastromonaco, Eric Vander Wal
The paper uses hormonal data to test assumptions about prey risk perception, finding that elk show consistent stress levels in high-reward habitats despite increased human activity.
DOI 10.1101/2025.05.09.653052