Effect of Tourist Activities on Fecal and Salivary Glucocorticoids and Immunoglobulin A in Female Captive Asian Elephants in Thailand

Authors: Worapong Kosaruk, Janine L Brown, Tithipong Plangsangmas, Patcharapa Towiboon, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Ayona Silva-Fletcher, Chatchote Thitaram, Jaruwan Khonmee, Katie L Edwards, Chaleamchat Somgird

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: asian elephant, feces, glucocorticoids, immunoglobulin a, saliva, tourism, welfare

2020

Human speech reduces pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) feeding and resting at a Peruvian tourist site, with louder volumes decreasing visibility

Authors: Rebecca L. Sheehan, Sarah Papworth

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: acoustic disturbance, ecotourism, flight initiation, pygmy marmoset

2019

Challenges, pitfalls and surprises: development and validation of a monoclonal antibody for enzyme immunoassay of the steroid 1 alpha -hydroxycorticosterone in elasmobranch species

Authors: Catharine J. Wheaton, Natalie D. Mylniczenko, John M. Rimoldi, Rama S. V. S. Gadepalli, R. Hart, Bobbi R. O'Hara, Andrew N. Evans

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: 1α-hydroxycorticosterone, glucocorticoid, hplc, mineralocorticoid, stingray, stress

2018

Proximity and animal welfare in the context of tourist interactions with habituated dolphins

Authors: L. Bach, M. Burton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Keywords: animal ethics, bottle-nosed dolphins, choice experiments, choice modelling, conceptual-framework, conservation, ecotourism, green & sustainable science & technology, hospitality, human/dolphin, interaction, leisure, management, national-park, sport &, sustainability, tourism, tursiops-truncatus, western-australia, wildlife

2017

Visitor effect on the behavior of a group of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) maintained at an island in Lake Catemaco, Veracruz/Mexico

Authors: Sergio Pérez-Galicia, Manuel Miranda-Anaya, Domingo Canales-Espinosa, Jairo Muñoz-Delgado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: actimetry, activity response, behavioral changes, captivity

2017

The Customer Isn’t Always Right-Conservation and Animal Welfare Implications of the Increasing Demand for Wildlife Tourism

Authors: T. P. Moorhouse, C. A. L. Dahlsjo, S. E. Baker, N. C. D'Cruze, D. W. Macdonald

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: benefits, dolphins, ecotourism, education, experiences, framework, multidisciplinary sciences, swimmers

2015

Food-web structure and ecosystem services: insights from the Serengeti

Authors: A. Dobson

Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Keywords: complexity, ecosystem service, ecotourism, food web, savanna, serengeti

2009

Habituation potential of yellow-eyed penguins depends on sex, character and previous experience with humans

Authors: U. Ellenberg, T. Mattern, P. Seddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ecotourism, habituation, heart rate telemetry, human disturbance, individual differences, megadyptes antipodes, personality, sensitization, temperament, yellow-eyed penguin

2009

The response of marine tucuxis (Sotalia fluviatilis) towards tourist boats involves avoidance behaviour and a reduction in foraging

Authors: M.L. Carrera, Favaro,, E.G.P., A. Souto

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, ecotourism, human disturbance, marine tucuxi, sotalia fluviatilis, tourist boats

2008

Habituation of Adult Magellanic Penguins to Human Visitation as Expressed through Behavior and Corticosterone Secretion

Authors: Brian G. Walker, P. Dee Boersma, John C. Wingfield

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: human disturbance, spheniscus magellanicus, stress

2006

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