An ethological approach to determining housing requirements of gamebirds in raised laying units
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: behaviour-based needs, gamebird welfare, raised laying units, red-legged partridge, ring-necked pheasant
2015
Fear and stress measurements in pure and hybrid red-legged partridges
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: heterophil to lymphocyte ratio, hybrid partridge, pure red-legged partridge, relative fluctuating asymmetry, tonic immobility duration
2015
Comparing fostering success between wild-caught and game farm bred captive red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa, L.)
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: farm-hatched chicks, fostering, game farm, partridges, releasing, wild birds
2011
The link between metabolic rate and body temperature in galliform birds in thermoneutral and heat exposure conditions: The classical and phylogenetically corrected approach
Publication/Journal: Journal of Thermal Biology
Keywords: (mature)], [phasianus, 01500, 03506, 03509, 13002, adaptation, animal, animalia, animals, aves, birds, chordata, chordates, colchicus, evolution, evolution and, galliformes [85536], general metabolism and, genetics, grey, king quail, laboratory, mathematical and computer techniques, metabolic pathways, metabolism, necked pheasant] [galliformes] [perdix perdix, nonhuman vertebrates, partridge] [coturnix chinensis, phylogenetically corrected analysis of covariation, population genetics, population genetics (population studies), ring, techniques, temporary hyperthermia induction, vertebrata, vertebrates
2010
Corticosterone in feathers is a long-term, integrated measure of avian stress physiology
Publication/Journal: Functional Ecology
Keywords: glucocorticoids, hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis, non-invasive technique, reproductive effort, seasonal variation, social signal
2008