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Reproductive and immune effects of chronic corticosterone treatment in male White’s treefrogs, Litoria caerulea

Amphibian populations are declining globally. The potential contribution of glucocorticoid hormones to these declines has received little attention, but chronic elevation of glucocorticoids has been linked to a suite of negative outcomes across vertebrate taxa. Corticosterone-treated frogs demonstrated a significant decrease in circulating eosinophils, which are immune cells implicated in fighting a variety of pathogens,Continue reading “Reproductive and immune effects of chronic corticosterone treatment in male White’s treefrogs, Litoria caerulea”