Comparison of endocrine response to stress between captive-raised and wild-caught bighorn sheep

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 532-538

  Coburn, Sarah ^a   Salman, Mo ^a   Rhyan, Jack ^b   Keefe, Thomas ^a   McCollum, Matthew ^b   Aune, Keith ^c   Spraker, Terry ^a   Miller, Lowell ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Catecholamines; Fecal glucocorticoids; Measuring responses; Ovis canadensis; Stress measurement

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FECES; HORMONE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY RISK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SHEEP; WILD POPULATION;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 77950232245     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-152     Document Type: Article

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