Does translocation influence physiological stress in the desert tortoise?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 560-570

  Drake, K K ^a   Nussear, K E ^a   Esque, T C ^a   Barber, A M ^b   Vittum, K M ^a   Medica, P A ^a   Tracy, C R ^b   Hunter, K W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Desert tortoise; Gopherus agassizii; Mojave Desert; Stress; Translocation

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRANSLOCATION; TURTLE;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 84871364896     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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