Comparison of Two Different Feather Sampling Methods to Measure Corticosterone in Wild Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) and Wild Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Authors: Marielu Voit, Katrin Baumgartner, Lorenzo von Fersen, Roswitha Merle, Lukas Reese, Mechthild Wiegard, Hermann Will, Oriol Tallo-Parra, Annaïs Carbajal, Manel Lopez-Bejar

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, comparative study, cut feathers, feather corticosterone, greater flamingo, less invasive, mallards, plucked feathers, refinement, sex comparison, wild birds

2021

Personality tests predict responses to a spatial-learning task in mallards, Anas platyrhynchos

Authors: Christophe A. H. Bousquet, Odile Petit, Mathilde Arrivé, Jean-Patrice Robin, Cédric Sueur

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural flexibility, learning, mallards, maze, personality

2015

Duck’s Not Dead: Does Restocking With Captive Bred Individuals Affect the Genetic Integrity of Wild Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Population?

Authors: D. Čížková, V. Javůrková, J. Champagnon, J. Kreisinger

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: genetic introgression, hybridization, major histocompatibility complex, mtdna, restocking, waterfowl

2012

Linear social dominance hierarchy and corticosterone responses in male mallards and pintails

Authors: Maud Poisbleau, Hervé Fritz, Noël Guillon, Olivier Chastel

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anas acuta, anas platyrynchos, corticosterone, dominance status, mallards, pintails, stress response

2005

Facultative control of avian unihemispheric sleep under the risk of predation

Authors: Niels C. Rattenborg, Steven L. Lima, Charles J. Amlaner

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: birds, evolution, eye state, slow-wave sleep, unihemispheric, vigilance, vision

1999