Exposure to tourism reduces stress-induced corticosterone levels in Galápagos marine iguanas

By L. Romero, Martin Wikelski. 2002

200 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Immunology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Elisa M. Tarlow
2. Kristina Rothley
3. C. Semeniuk
4. K. Eduard Linsenmair
5. A. Müllner
6. Sylvia L. Smith
7. Sophie Bourgeon
8. Daniel T. Blumstein

In Immunology

1. K. Eduard Linsenmair
2. A. Müllner
3. L. M. Romero
4. Sylvia L. Smith
5. Martin Wikelski
6. Kristina Rothley
7. Sophie Bourgeon
8. C. Semeniuk

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. K. Eduard Linsenmair
2. A. Müllner
3. L. M. Romero
4. Brendan Delehanty
5. N. Selva
6. Daniel T. Blumstein
7. Martin Wikelski
8. J. Illera

Citations in the corpus

• Life history and the ecology of stress: how do glucocorticoid hormones influence life‐history variation in animals? (2013, background): “As with the relationship between reproduction and GCs, there is no consistent relationship between stress responsiveness and survival among taxa, or even within taxa (e.g. Galapagos marine iguana, Romero & Wikelski 2001, 2002; French et al. 2010).”
• Exposure to ecotourism reduces survival and affects stress response in hoatzin chicks (Opisthocomus hoazin) (2004, methodology): “, 1995; Schoech and Lipar, 1998), only a few studies have used the hormonal status of vertebrates as an assessment of tourism impacts so far (Fowler, 1999; Romero and Wikelski, 2002).”
• Concentration of fecal cortisol metabolites in chamois in relation to tourist pressure in Tatra National Park (South Poland) (2013, background): “Human recreation in natural areas does not only affect stress hormone levels but also the stress response (Romero and Wikelski 2002; Müllner et al. 2004).”
• Physiological stress in ecology: lessons from biomedical research. (2004, background): “Animals exposed to tourists mount a lower GC response to capture than do animals not exposed to tourists [ 19 ,57].”
• Evaluating methods to quantify anthropogenic stressors on wild animals (2007, background): “Measuring glucocorticoid levels, however, has only recently been considered or used to study anthropogenic stressors on wild animals (Wasser et al., 1997; Fowler, 1999; Palme et al., 2000; Foley et al., 2001; Millspaugh et al., 2001; Turner, 2001; Creel et al., 2002; Romero and Wikelski, 2002; Mülln”
• Hematological differences between stingrays at tourist and non-visited sites suggest physiological costs of wildlife tourism. (2009, background): “Studies have demonstrated that Galapagos marine iguanas, Amblyrhynchus cristatus (Romero and Wikelski, 2002), and adult Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus (Fowler, 1999), seemed to habituate to tourist disturbances as measured by the stress hormone corticosterone.”