In recent years, the noninvasive monitoring of steroid hormone metabolites in feces of
mammals and droppings of birds has become an increasingly popular technique. It offers …

A multitude of endocrine mechanisms are involved in coping with challenges. Front‐line
hormones to overcome stressful situations are glucocorticoids (GCs) and catecholamines …

Noninvasive fecal glucocorticoid analysis has tremendous potential as a means of
assessing stress associated with environmental disturbance in wildlife. However …

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolite analyses are increasingly being used by a variety of
scientists (eg, conservation biologists, animal scientists) to examine glucocorticoid (ie, stress …

Methods to measure metabolites of steroid hormones from faeces have become very
popular in wildlife conservation and ecology, because they allow gathering physiological …

Twenty-one metabolites were detected in faecal samples collected after infusion of (14 C)
cortisol into the jugular vein of sheep, using high-performance liquid chromatography …

Non-invasive faecal oestrogen and progesterone metabolite evaluations are well
established approaches for monitoring reproductive function in a variety of mammalian …

Measurement of glucocorticoid metabolites in feces has become an accepted method for the
noninvasive evaluation of adrenocortical activity. The objective of this study was to …

Conservation medicine is a discipline in which researchers and conservationists study and
respond to the dynamic interplay between animals, humans, and the environment. From a …

The study of physiological stress and its context in free-ranging animals provides a means
for understanding the challenges found in the natural habitat. Patterns of physiological …