Understanding the combined effects of multiple stressors: A new perspective on a longstanding challenge

E Pirotta, L Thomas, DP Costa, AJ Hall… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildlife populations and their habitats are exposed to an expanding diversity and intensity of
stressors caused by human activities, within the broader context of natural processes and …

REVIEW Assessing North Atlantic right whale health: Threats, and development of tools critical for conservation of the species

MJ Moore, TK Rowles, DA Fauquier, JD Baker… - Diseases of aquatic …, 2021 - int-res.com
Whaling has decimated North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARW) since the
11 th century and southern right whales E. australis (SRW) since the 19 th century. Today …

[图书][B] Corridor ecology: linking landscapes for biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation

JA Hilty, ATH Keeley, WZ Lidicker Jr, AM Merenlender - 2019 - books.google.com
Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

Gross and histopathologic diagnoses from North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena glacialis mortalities between 2003 and 2018

SM Sharp, WA McLellan, DS Rotstein… - Diseases of Aquatic …, 2019 - int-res.com
Seventy mortalities of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis (NARW) were
documented between 2003 and 2018 from Florida, USA, to the Gulf of St. Lawrence …

Fishing gear entanglement threatens recovery of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales

AR Knowlton, JS Clark, PK Hamilton… - … Science and Practice, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
North Atlantic right whales frequently become entangled in fishing gear, which can
negatively affect their reproductive output and probability of survival. We estimated …

Comprehensive endocrine response to acute stress in the bottlenose dolphin from serum, blubber, and feces

CD Champagne, NM Kellar, ML Trego… - General and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Several hormones are potential indicators of stress in free-ranging animals and provide
information on animal health in managed-care settings. In response to stress …

Quantifying hormones in exhaled breath for physiological assessment of large whales at sea

EA Burgess, KE Hunt, SD Kraus, RM Rolland - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Exhaled breath analysis is a non-invasive assessment tool that has shown promise in
human diagnostics, and could greatly benefit research, management, and conservation of …

Estimating the effects of stressors on the health, survival and reproduction of a critically endangered, long‐lived species

E Pirotta, RS Schick, PK Hamilton, CM Harris, J Hewitt… - Oikos, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying the cumulative effects of stressors on individuals and populations can inform the
development of effective management and conservation strategies. We developed a …

Variation in blubber cortisol levels in a recovering humpback whale population inhabiting a rapidly changing environment

LJ Pallin, N Botero-Acosta, D Steel, CS Baker… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Glucocorticoids are regularly used as biomarkers of relative health for individuals and
populations. Around the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), baleen whales have and …

The importance of considering age when quantifying wild animals' welfare

L Hecht - Biological Reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Wild animals experience different challenges and opportunities as they mature, and this
variety of experiences can lead to different levels of welfare characterizing the day‐to‐day …