Monitoring stress in captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca): Behavioral and hormonal responses to ambient noise

Zoo Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-164

  Owen, Megan A ^a   Swaisgood, Ronald R ^a   Czekala, Nancy M ^a   Steinman, Karen ^a   Lindburg, Donald G ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticoids; Noise; Noninvasive methods; Ursidae

Indexed keywords

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MELANOLEUCA; URSIDAE;

EID: 2442431680     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10124     Document Type: Article

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