Effects of habituation, research and ecotourism on faecal
glucocorticoid metabolites in wild western lowland gorillas:
Implications for conservation management

J 2014

Effects of habituation, research and ecotourism on faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild western lowland gorillas: Implications for conservation management

SHUTT, Kathryn; Michael HEISTERMANN; Adetayo KASIM; Angelique TODD; Barbora KALOUSOVÁ et al.

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Originální název

Effects of habituation, research and ecotourism on faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild western lowland gorillas: Implications for conservation management

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Vydání

Biological Conservation, Elsevier, 2014, 0006-3207

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Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor: 3.762

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Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/14:00093982

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Conservation; Ecotourism; Faecal-glucocorticoids; Habituation; Primate; Stress; Wildlife

Štítky

AKR, rivok

Změněno: 17. 4. 2017 14:19, Ing. Andrea Mikešková

Anotace

V originále

Wildlife tourism is proliferating worldwide and has the potential to raise revenue for conservation as well as public awareness of conservation issues. However, concerns are growing about the potentially negative influence of such tourism on the wildlife involved. We investigate the effects of habituation, ecotourism and research activities on levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGCMs), a proxy for physiological stress, in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the Central African Republic. We compare FGCMs in three human-contacted groups with those in unhabituated gorillas. We also explore how human-gorilla contact influences FGCMs of a gorilla group undergoing habituation and investigate how measures of general human-gorilla contact, tourism and human proximity influence FGCMs in recently and long-term habituated groups. Two of the three human-contacted groups had higher levels of FGCMs than unhabituated gorillas. The group undergoing habituation had the highest FGCMs, which increased up to 21 days following contacts, suggesting a cumulative FGCM response, in line with descriptions of a hormonal adaptation response to a chronic intermittent stressor. FGCMs in habituated groups were significantly associated with increasing frequency of violation of the 7 m distance rule by observers and with a medical intervention but not with other measures of human pressure. Our findings provide critical information for the management of this, and other, species whose conservation depends on habituation for ecotourism.

Citovat

SHUTT, Kathryn; Michael HEISTERMANN; Adetayo KASIM; Angelique TODD; Barbora KALOUSOVÁ; Ilona PROFOSOUVA; Klara PETRZELKOVA; Terrence FUH; Jean-Francais DICKY; Jean-Bruno BOPALANZOGNAKO a Joanna M. SETCHELL. Effects of habituation, research and ecotourism on faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild western lowland gorillas: Implications for conservation management. Biological Conservation. Elsevier, 2014, roč. 172, April, s. 72-79. ISSN 0006-3207. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.02.014.

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N2  - Wildlife tourism is proliferating worldwide and has the potential to raise revenue for conservation as well as public awareness of conservation issues. However, concerns are growing about the potentially negative influence of such tourism on the wildlife involved. We investigate the effects of habituation, ecotourism and research activities on levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (FGCMs), a proxy for physiological stress, in wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the Central African Republic. We compare FGCMs in three human-contacted groups with those in unhabituated gorillas. We also explore how human-gorilla contact influences FGCMs of a gorilla group undergoing habituation and investigate how measures of general human-gorilla contact, tourism and human proximity influence FGCMs in recently and long-term habituated groups. Two of the three human-contacted groups had higher levels of FGCMs than unhabituated gorillas. The group undergoing habituation had the highest FGCMs, which increased up to 21 days following contacts, suggesting a cumulative FGCM response, in line with descriptions of a hormonal adaptation response to a chronic intermittent stressor. FGCMs in habituated groups were significantly associated with increasing frequency of violation of the 7 m distance rule by observers and with a medical intervention but not with other measures of human pressure. Our findings provide critical information for the management of this, and other, species whose conservation depends on habituation for ecotourism.
ER  -

SHUTT, Kathryn; Michael HEISTERMANN; Adetayo KASIM; Angelique TODD; Barbora KALOUSOVÁ; Ilona PROFOSOUVA; Klara PETRZELKOVA; Terrence FUH; Jean-Francais DICKY; Jean-Bruno BOPALANZOGNAKO a Joanna M. SETCHELL. Effects of habituation, research and ecotourism on faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in wild western lowland gorillas: Implications for conservation management. \textit{Biological Conservation}. Elsevier, 2014, roč.~172, April, s.~72-79. ISSN~0006-3207. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.02.014.

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