Prior exposure to capture heightens the corticosterone and behavioural responses of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) to acute stress | Zendy

Gemma Carroll | Zendy; E. C. Turner | Zendy; Peter Dann | Zendy; Robert Harcourt | Zendy

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Prior exposure to capture heightens the corticosterone and behavioural responses of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) to acute stress

Author(s) -

Gemma Carroll,

E. C. Turner,

Peter Dann,

Robert Harcourt

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

conservation physiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.942

H-Index - 37

ISSN - 2051-1434

DOI - 10.1093/conphys/cov061

Subject(s) - corticosterone , biology , evening , fight or flight response , physiological stress , visitor pattern , zoology , physiology , ecology , endocrinology , hormone , biochemistry , physics , astronomy , gene , computer science , programming language

The hormonal stress response was determined for little penguins naïve to human activity and little penguins exposed to research and tourism. Penguins exposed to human activity showed elevated stress hormone levels 30 minutes after capture, indicating that they may be sensitised rather than habituated to some types of human interaction.

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