Measuring animal welfare within a reintroduction: an assessment of different indices of stress in water voles Arvicola amphibius.

Reintroductions are an increasingly common conservation restoration tool; however, little attention has hitherto been given to different methods for monitoring the stress encountered by reintroduced individuals. We compared ten potential measures of stress within four different categories (neuroendo...

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Main Authors: Merryl Gelling, Paul J Johnson, Tom P Moorhouse, David W Macdonald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3398865?pdf=render