When environmental conditions become extreme, glucocorticoid levels increase rapidly to level C as a result of allostatic overload, which triggers facultative responses such as the Emergency Life History Stage (ELHS).

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  Allostasis revisited: A perception, variation, and risk framework

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• Allostasis revisited: A perception, variation, and risk framework www.frontiersin.org Frontiers via serper

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• emergency life history stage concept
• Allostatic load concept