Noninvasive Stress and Reproductive Measures of Social and Ecological Pressures in Free‐Ranging African Elephants

By C. Foley, S. Papageorge, S. Wasser. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Small Animals, Social Psychology

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Scat detection dogs in wildlife research and management: application to grizzly and black bears in the Yellowhead ecosystem, Alberta, Canada (2004, background): “Both DNA and hormones can be obtained from scat (feces) (Wasser 1996; Wasser et al. 1997a, 1997b; Berger et al. 1999; Kohn et al. 1999; Foley et al. 2001; Millspaugh et al. 2001; Creel et al. 2002).”
The socioecology of elephants: analysis of the processes creating multitiered social structures (2005, background): “Due to the stable linear-dominance hierarchies in elephants (apparently a function of both individual size and age; Moss 1988; Foley et al. 2001), intragroup competition disproportionately affects subordinates and their offspring.”
How Elephants are Opening Doors: Developmental Neuroethology, Attachment and Social Context (2007, background): “Other indicators associated with intense socio-ecological disturbance including broken tusks, puncture wounds and elevated corticosteroid metabolite concentrations have also been observed (Foley et al. 2001).”
Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana (2006, background): “The Amboseli basin supports a population of approximately 1200 elephants (Moss 2001) and Tarangire supports approximately 2000 elephants (Foley et al. 2001).”
Evaluating methods to quantify anthropogenic stressors on wild animals (2007, background): “…Hamilton–Zuk hypothesis of parasite-mediated sexual selection (Hamilton and Zuk, 1982) has been followed by the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (Folstad and Karter, 1992), which proposes that steroid hormones, which aid in the development of secondary sexual characteristics, are produced at…”
Impact of social management on reproductive, adrenal and behavioural activity in the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) (2002, unknown): “Recent studies on other species have already illustrated the feasibility of this method for monitoring the physiology/endocrinology of free-ranging populations (e.g. Creel et al., 1997; Wasser et al., 1997; Berger et al., 1999; Cavigelli, 1999; Foley et al., 2001; Harper & Austad, 2001).”
Assessing translocation outcome: Comparing behavioral and physiological aspects of translocated and resident African elephants (Loxodonta africana) (2009, unknown): “A power analysis based on the sample size and SD obtained in this study (N = 38, SD = 13.52) and an effect size of 10 ng/g (nanograms hormone per gram sample) based on the extent of seasonal effects on corticosterone levels found in Foley et al. (2001) produced a power of 0.99 at alpha = 0.05.”
An Evaluation of Long-term Capture Effects in Ursids: Implications for Wildlife Welfare and Research (2008, background): “Although much can be learned by indirect techniques, such as collecting fecal samples to determine hormone status (Foley et al. 2001; Millspaugh et al. 2001) or collecting hair for DNA analysis (Beier et al. 2005; Boulanger et al. 2004), some information is collected only by capturing animals, for…”
Dominance, cortisol and stress in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) (2004, methodology): “For example, food deprivation increases circulating cortisol levels, such that animals in the wild show clear negative correlations between measures of cortisol excretion and food availability (elephants: Foley et al. 2001; mule deer: Saltz and White 1991).”