Non-invasive measurement of glucocorticoids: Advances and problems

R Palme - Physiology & behavior, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Glucocorticoids (GCs; ie cortisol/corticosterone) are a central component of the stress
response and thus their measurement is frequently used to evaluate the impact of stressful …

Measuring stress in wildlife: techniques for quantifying glucocorticoids

MJ Sheriff, B Dantzer, B Delehanty, R Palme… - Oecologia, 2011‏ - Springer
Stress responses play a key role in allowing animals to cope with change and challenge in
the face of both environmental certainty and uncertainty. Measurement of glucocorticoid …

Maximizing the reliability of non-invasive endocrine sampling in the tiger ( Panthera tigris ): environmental decay and intra-sample variation in faecal …

T Parnell, EJ Narayan, V Nicolson… - Conservation …, 2015‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Evaluation of physiological stress in the tiger (Panthera tigris) using faecal cortisol
metabolite (FCM) enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) provides a powerful conservation …

[PDF][PDF] Measures of physiological stress: a transparent or opaque window into the status, management and conservation of species?

B Dantzer, QE Fletcher, R Boonstra… - Conservation …, 2014‏ - academic.oup.com
Conservation physiology proposes that measures of physiological stress (glucocorticoid
levels) can be used to assess the status and future fate of natural populations. Increases in …

A consensus endocrine profile for chronically stressed wild animals does not exist

MJ Dickens, LM Romero - General and comparative endocrinology, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Given the connection between chronic stress and health, there has been a growing
emphasis on identifying chronically stressed wild animals, especially in relation to …

Do baseline glucocorticoids predict fitness?

F Bonier, PR Martin, IT Moore, JC Wingfield - Trends in ecology & Evolution, 2009‏ - cell.com
Baseline glucocorticoid (cort) levels are increasingly employed as physiological indices of
the relative condition or health of individuals and populations. Often, high cort levels are …

Conservation physiology

M Wikelski, SJ Cooke - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2006‏ - cell.com
Conservation biologists increasingly face the need to provide legislators, courts and
conservation managers with data on causal mechanisms underlying conservation problems …

Measuring fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in mammals and birds: the importance of validation

C Touma, R Palme - Annals of the New York Academy of …, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the noninvasive monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in feces of
mammals and drop**s of birds has become an increasingly popular technique. It offers …

Steroid extraction: get the best out of faecal samples

R Palme, C Touma, N Arias, MF Dominchin, M Lepschy - 2013‏ - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Faecal steroid hormone metabolites are becoming increasingly popular as parameters for
reproductive functions and stress. The extraction of the steroids from the faecal matrix …

Stress: an inevitable component of animal translocation

MJ Dickens, DJ Delehanty, LM Romero - Biological Conservation, 2010‏ - Elsevier
As the number and diversity of animal species meriting conservation intervention increases,
improving the success of translocation efforts is vital and understanding the role of …