Measuring physiological stress in australian flying-fox populations

EcoHealth

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 400-408

  McMichael, Lee A ^a,b   Edson, Daniel ^a   Field, Hume ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; bat; cortisol; flying fox; stress

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; HENDRA VIRUS; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS ALECTO; PTEROPUS CONSPICILLATUS; PTEROPUS POLIOCEPHALUS; PTEROPUS SCAPULATUS;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RELATIVE DENSITY; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHIROPTERA; HYDROCORTISONE; RISK FACTORS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION;

EID: 84905282201     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0954-7     Document Type: Article

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