Stress and translocation: Alterations in the stress physiology of translocated birds

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1664, 2009, Pages 2051-2056

  Dickens, Molly J ^a   Delehanty, David J ^b   Romero, L Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Corticosterone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Reintroduction; Stress; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

CAPTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAMEBIRD; PHYSIOLOGY; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALECTORIS CHUKAR; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 66149192553     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1778     Document Type: Article

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