Consequences Matter: Compassion in Conservation Means Caring for Individuals, Populations and Species

Authors: Paul J. Johnson, Vanessa M. Adams, Doug P. Armstrong, Sandra E. Baker, Duan Biggs, Luigi Boitani, Alayne Cotterill, Emma Dale, Holly O'Donnell, David J. T. Douglas, Egil Droge, John G. Ewen, Ruth E. Feber, Piero Genovesi, Clive Hambler, Bart J. Harmsen, Lauren A. Harrington, Amy Hinks, Joelene Hughes, Lydia Katsis, Andrew Loveridge, Axel Moehrenschlager, Christopher O'Kane, Meshach Pierre, Steve Redpath, Lovemore Sibanda, Pritpal Soorae, Mark Stanley Price, Peter Tyrrell, Alexandra Zimmermann, Amy Dickman

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: compassion, consequentialism, ethics, virtue

2019

Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH

Authors: Elodie Bacou, Karine Haurogné, Grégoire Mignot, Marie Allard, Laurence De Beaurepaire, Jordan Marchand, Elena Terenina, Yvon Billon, Julien Jacques, Jean-Marie Bach, Pierre Mormède, Julie Hervé, Blandine Lieubeau

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress

2017

Stress response of farmed European abalone reveals rapid domestication process in absence of intentional selection

Authors: Sébastien Lachambre, Rob Day, Pierre Boudry, Sylvain Huchette, Antoine Rio-Cabello, Timothée Fustec, Sabine Roussel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abalone aquaculture, behavioural adaptation, domestication syndrome, farm stressors, immune response, responses to stress

2017

Faecal corticosterone responses of black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) to a transfer between housing facilities within a zoo

Authors: Thomas Göttert, Pierre Grothmann, Ulrich Zeller

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: black rhino, faecal corticosterone, transfer

2015

Urban noise undermines female sexual preferences for low-frequency songs in domestic canaries

Authors: Guillaume Huet des Aunay, Hans Slabbekoorn, Laurent Nagle, Floriane Passas, Pierre Nicolas, Tudor I. Draganoiu

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, birdsong, domestic canary, masking, mate choice, serinus canaria

2014

Analysing small-scale aggregation in animal visits in space and time: the ST-BBD method

Authors: Tyler R. Bonnell, Pierre Dutilleul, Colin A. Chapman, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Raul Uriel Hernández-Sarabia, Raja Sengupta

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agent-based model, animal movement, beta-binomial distribution, folivore, frugivore, habitat use, monkey, small-scale aggregation, spatiotemporal point pattern analysis

2013

Personality differences are related to long-term stress reactivity in a population of wild eastern chipmunks, Tamias striatus

Authors: Pierre-Olivier Montiglio, Dany Garant, Fanie Pelletier, Denis Réale

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: coping style, faecal cortisol, field endocrinology, parasympathetic activity, personality, tamias striatus

2012

Rubber shots not as effective as selective culling in deterring gulls from landfill sites

Authors: Ericka Thiériot, Pierre Molina, Jean-François Giroux

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: anthropogenic food, gulls, landfill, larus delawarensis, pest management, scaring

2012

Comparing real-life and laboratory-induced stress reactivity on cardio-respiratory parameters: Differentiation of a tonic and a phasic component

Authors: Nathalie Pattyn, Pierre-François Migeotte, Xavier Neyt, Annick van den Nest, Raymond Cluydts

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: activation, arousal, cardiac, ecological validity, mental task, reactivity, respiratory, rsa, stress

2010

Experiments on colour ornaments and mate choice in king penguins

Authors: Gwénaëlle Pincemy, F. Stephen Dobson, Pierre Jouventin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aptenodytes patagonicus, king penguin, mate choice, ornament, sexual selection

2009

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