Stress response to handling is short lived but may reflect personalities in a wild, Critically Endangered tortoise species | Zendy

Andrea F. Currylow | Zendy; Edward E. Louis | Zendy; Daniel E. Crocker | Zendy

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Stress response to handling is short lived but may reflect personalities in a wild, Critically Endangered tortoise species

Author(s) -

Andrea F. Currylow,

Edward E. Louis,

Daniel E. Crocker

Publication year - 2017

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/cox008

Subject(s) - stressor , fight or flight response , biology , corticosterone , tortoise , zoology , critically endangered , physiology , endangered species , ecology , hormone , endocrinology , habitat , neuroscience , biochemistry , gene

We detected a short-term stress response to our handling procedures in only half of wild, critically endangered radiated tortoises. After collecting nearly 2 years of monitoring data, we found that those initial stress responses were also reflective of differences in traits, i.e. body sizes, behaviours, home ranges and movements.

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