Worldwide, the effect of climatic variations has become a great challenge in poultry
production. As global climate is changing, it alters the environmental temperatures …

During the ongoing biodiversity crisis, captive conservation and breeding programs offer a
refuge for species to persist and provide source populations for reintroduction efforts …

Given the connection between chronic stress and health, there has been a growing
emphasis on identifying chronically stressed wild animals, especially in relation to …

Globally, ecosystems and their constituent flora and fauna face the localized and broad-
scale influence of human activities. Conservation practitioners and environmental managers …

The number of species that merit conservation interventions is increasing daily with ongoing
habitat destruction, increased fragmentation and loss of population connectivity …

This paper illuminates a variety of issues that speak to the question of whether 'captivity for
conservation'can be an ethically acceptable goal of the modern zoo. Reflecting on both …

Wildlife populations are under increasing pressure from a variety of threatening processes,
ranging from climate change to habitat loss, that can incite a physiological stress response …

Species translocation is a common tool to reverse biodiversity loss, but it has a high failure
rate. One factor that contributes to failure is postrelease hyperdispersal, which we define as …

There are many different factors involved in parasitism. The general concept of “filters”
proposed by Combes includes “encounter filters”(behavior, biodiversity) and “compatibility …

Despite differences in focus, goals, and strategies between conservation biology and animal
welfare, both are inextricably linked in many ways, and greater consideration of animal …