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Assessing baseline stress physiology as an integrator of environmental quality in a wild avian population: Implications for use as a conservation biomarker

Christine L. Madliger, Auteur ; Christina A. D. Semeniuk, Auteur ; Christopher M. Harris, Auteur ; Oliver P. Love, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (192 DEC 2015)

Stress hormones (i.e., glucocorticoids such as corticosterone and cortisol) have been widely proposed as biomarkers of habitat quality and disturbance. However, there is growing evidence that baseline glucocorticoid (GC) levels are highly contex[...]

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Hematological differences between stingrays at tourist and non-visited sites suggest physiological costs of wildlife tourism

Christina A. D. Semeniuk, Auteur ; Sophie Bourgeon, Auteur ; Sylvia L. Smith, Auteur ; Kristina D. Rothley, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (142(8) AUG 2009)

Wildlife tourism alters the environmental conditions in which the focal animal lives, and it is therefore necessary to assess the ability of the animal to adjust to and persist in these novel conditions if the industry is to be sustainable. Here[...]

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