Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate
While capture-mark-recapture studies provide essential individual-level data in ecology, repeated captures and handling may impact animal welfare and cause scientific bias. Evaluating the consequences of invasive methodologies should be an integral part of any study involving capture of live animals...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/27257 2023-05-15T18:04:20+02:00 Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate Trondrud, Liv Monica Ugland, Cassandra Regine Ropstad, Erik Loe, Leif Egil Albon, Steve Stien, Audun Evans, Alina Thorsby, Per Medbøe Veiberg, Vebjørn Irvine, R. Justin Pigeon, Gabriel 2022-09-29 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27257 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20270-z eng eng Springer Nature Scientific Reports Trondrud, Ugland, Ropstad, Loe, Albon, Stien, Evans, Thorsby, Veiberg, Irvine, Pigeon. Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate. Scientific Reports. 2022;12(1) FRIDAID 2067987 doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20270-z 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27257 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20270-z 2022-11-10T00:01:31Z While capture-mark-recapture studies provide essential individual-level data in ecology, repeated captures and handling may impact animal welfare and cause scientific bias. Evaluating the consequences of invasive methodologies should be an integral part of any study involving capture of live animals. We investigated short- and long-term stress responses to repeated captures within a winter on the physiology, behaviour, and reproductive success of female Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus). Short-term responses were evaluated using serum concentrations of glucocorticoids and catecholamines during handling, and post-release recovery times in heart rate and activity levels. Repeated captures were associated with an increase in measured catecholamines and glucocorticoids, except cortisone, and delayed recovery in heart rate but not activity. Four months later, in summer, individuals captured repeatedly in winter exhibited a small increase in behavioural response to human disturbance and had a lower probability of being observed with a calf, compared to animals not captured, or captured only once. Our findings imply that single annual capture events have no significant negative consequences for Svalbard reindeer, but repeated captures within a season may impact offspring survival in the same year. Such unanticipated side effects highlight the importance of addressing multiple indicators of animal responses to repeated captures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Svalbard svalbard reindeer University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Svalbard Scientific Reports 12 1 |
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While capture-mark-recapture studies provide essential individual-level data in ecology, repeated captures and handling may impact animal welfare and cause scientific bias. Evaluating the consequences of invasive methodologies should be an integral part of any study involving capture of live animals. We investigated short- and long-term stress responses to repeated captures within a winter on the physiology, behaviour, and reproductive success of female Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus). Short-term responses were evaluated using serum concentrations of glucocorticoids and catecholamines during handling, and post-release recovery times in heart rate and activity levels. Repeated captures were associated with an increase in measured catecholamines and glucocorticoids, except cortisone, and delayed recovery in heart rate but not activity. Four months later, in summer, individuals captured repeatedly in winter exhibited a small increase in behavioural response to human disturbance and had a lower probability of being observed with a calf, compared to animals not captured, or captured only once. Our findings imply that single annual capture events have no significant negative consequences for Svalbard reindeer, but repeated captures within a season may impact offspring survival in the same year. Such unanticipated side effects highlight the importance of addressing multiple indicators of animal responses to repeated captures. |
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Trondrud, Liv Monica Ugland, Cassandra Regine Ropstad, Erik Loe, Leif Egil Albon, Steve Stien, Audun Evans, Alina Thorsby, Per Medbøe Veiberg, Vebjørn Irvine, R. Justin Pigeon, Gabriel |
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Trondrud, Liv Monica Ugland, Cassandra Regine Ropstad, Erik Loe, Leif Egil Albon, Steve Stien, Audun Evans, Alina Thorsby, Per Medbøe Veiberg, Vebjørn Irvine, R. Justin Pigeon, Gabriel Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate |
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Trondrud, Liv Monica Ugland, Cassandra Regine Ropstad, Erik Loe, Leif Egil Albon, Steve Stien, Audun Evans, Alina Thorsby, Per Medbøe Veiberg, Vebjørn Irvine, R. Justin Pigeon, Gabriel |
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Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate |
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Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate |
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Scientific Reports Trondrud, Ugland, Ropstad, Loe, Albon, Stien, Evans, Thorsby, Veiberg, Irvine, Pigeon. Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate. Scientific Reports. 2022;12(1) FRIDAID 2067987 doi:10.1038/s41598-022-20270-z 2045-2322 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/27257 |
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