Conservation Physiology

Article	Citations
One hundred research questions in conservation physiology for generating actionable evidence to inform conservation policy and practice	37
Harnessing the potential of cross-protection stressor interactions for conservation: a review	26
Amphibian reproductive technologies: approaches and welfare considerations	25
An unusually high upper thermal acclimation potential for rainbow trout	24
Investigating the gill-oxygen limitation hypothesis in fishes: intraspecific scaling relationships of metabolic rate and gill surface area	23
Context-dependent variability in the predicted daily energetic costs of disturbance for blue whales	22
Wound-healing capabilities of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and implications for conservation management	22
Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world	21
Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler Turdoides bicolor	21
Exploiting common senses: sensory ecology meets wildlife conservation and management	20
A meta-analysis of impacts of immune response and infection on oxidative status in vertebrates	20
Nutritional consequences of breeding away from riparian habitats in Bank Swallows: new evidence from multiple endogenous markers	20
Molting strategies of Arctic seals drive annual patterns in metabolism	19
Low desiccation and thermal tolerance constrains a terrestrial amphibian to a rare and disappearing microclimate niche	18
Water deprivation compromises maternal physiology and reproductive success in a cold and wet adapted snake Vipera berus	18
Development of an amphibian sperm biobanking protocol for genetic management and population sustainability	17
Biotic habitats as refugia under ocean acidification	17
Comparing life history traits and tolerance to changing environments of two oyster species (Ostrea edulis and Crassostrea gigas) through Dynamic Energy Budget theory	17
The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis: responses to climate change scenarios as a function of the original habitat	17
Differential sensitivity to warming and hypoxia during development and long-term effects of developmental exposure in early life stage Chinook salmon	17
Advancing urban ethnopharmacology: a modern concept of sustainability, conservation and cross-cultural adaptations of medicinal plant lore in the urban environment	15
Using claws to compare reproduction, stress and diet of female bearded and ringed seals in the Bering and Chukchi seas, Alaska, between 1953–1968 and 1998–2014	15
Bisphenols alter thermal responses and performance in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	14
Conserving threatened species during rapid environmental change: using biological responses to inform management strategies of giant clams	14
Assessing the post-release effects of capture, handling and placement of satellite telemetry devices on narwhal(Monodon monoceros)movement behaviour	14

Comparative genomics of cetartiodactyla: energy metabolism underpins the transition to an aquatic lifestyle	14
Acute measures of upper thermal and hypoxia tolerance are not reliable predictors of mortality following environmental challenges in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	14
A review of bioenergetic modelling for marine mammal populations	14
Misbalance of thyroid hormones after two weeks of exposure to artificial light at night in Eurasian perchPerca fluviatilis	13
Evaluating corticosterone as a biomarker for amphibians exposed to increased salinity and ambient corticosterone	13
Assessment of temperature optimum signatures of corals at both latitudinal extremes of the Red Sea	13
Intraspecific variability in thermal tolerance: a case study with coastal cutthroat trout	13
Whiskers as a novel tissue for tracking reproductive and stress-related hormones in North Pacific otariid pinnipeds	12
Key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics	12
Multi-year progesterone profiles during pregnancy in baleen of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)	12
A novel method for measuring acute thermal tolerance in fish embryos	12
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype	12
The comparative energetics of the ray-finned fish in an evolutionary context	11
Energetic basis for bird ontogeny and egg-laying applied to the bobwhite quail	11
An organizing feature of bumble bee life history: worker emergence promotes queen reproduction and survival in young nests	11
Divergence in salinity tolerance of northern Gulf of Mexico eastern oysters under field and laboratory exposure	11
Swimming performance of a pelagic species in the Yangtze River under different exposure modes of the total dissolved gas supersaturation	10
The second warning to humanity: contributions and solutions from conservation physiology	10
The role of Dynamic Energy Budgets in conservation physiology	10
UV exposure causes energy trade-offs leading to increased chytrid fungus susceptibility in green tree frog larvae	10
Haematology and plasma biochemistry reference intervals for the critically endangered western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis porteri)	9
Physiological responses of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) to trapping	9
Limited transgenerational effects of environmental temperatures on thermal performance of a cold-adapted salmonid	9
The effect of temperature on specific dynamic action of juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon,Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	9
Estimating reproductive costs in marine mammal bioenergetic models: a review of current knowledge and data availability	9
Patterns of cortisol and corticosterone concentrations in humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) baleen are associated with different causes of death	9
Identification of upper thermal thresholds during development in the endangered Nechako white sturgeon with management implications for a regulated river	8
Towards the integration of ecophysiology with fisheries stock assessment for conservation policy and evaluating the status of the Mediterranean Sea	8
Swimming energetics of Atlantic salmon in relation to extended fasting at different temperatures	8
Dynamic Energy Budget models: fertile ground for understanding resource allocation in plants in a changing world	8
Body size dictates physiological and behavioural responses to hypoxia and elevated water temperatures in Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii)	8
Multidimensional scaling for animal traits in the context of dynamic energy budget theory	8
Captive-reared migratory monarch butterflies show natural orientation when released in the wild	8
Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants	8
Interannual measures of nutritional stress during a marine heatwave (the Blob) differ between two North Pacific seabird species	8
Intraspecific variation among Chinook Salmon populations indicates physiological adaptation to local environmental conditions	8
Effects of elevated temperature andpCO2 on the respiration, biomineralization and photophysiology of the giant clamTridacna maxima	8
Seasonal and environmental effects on upper thermal limits of eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)	8
Shuttle-box systems for studying preferred environmental ranges by aquatic animals	8
Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes	7
Fine-scale conditions across mangrove microhabitats and larval ontogeny contributes to the thermal physiology of early stage brachyurans (Crustacea: Decapoda)	7
High flow conditions mediate damaging impacts of sub-lethal thermal stress on corals’ endosymbiotic algae	7
Stress and reproductive events detected in North Atlantic right whale blubber using a simplified hormone extraction protocol	7
Integrating earthworm movement and life history through dynamic energy budgets	7
Quantification of thermal impacts across freshwater life stages to improve temperature management for anadromous salmonids	7
Comprehensive health assessment and blood analyte reference intervals of gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) in southeastern FL, USA	7
Ocean warming impairs the predator avoidance behaviour of elasmobranch embryos	7
Using transcriptomics to predict and visualize disease status in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis)	7
Warm acclimation alters antioxidant defences but not metabolic capacities in the Antarctic fish, Notothenia coriiceps	7
Juvenile moose stress and nutrition dynamics related to winter ticks, landscape characteristics, climate-mediated factors and survival	7

Estimating energetic intake for marine mammal bioenergetic models	7
Biofilm and invertebrate consumption by western sandpipers (Calidris mauri) and dunlin (Calidris alpina)during spring migratory stopover: insights from tissue and breath CO2 isotopic (	7
Physiological performance of native and invasive crayfish species in a changing environment: insights from Dynamic Energy Budget models	7
Blood biochemical status of deep-sea sharks following longline capture in the Gulf of Mexico	6
The comparative energetics of the carnivorans and pangolins	6
Understanding risks and consequences of pathogen infections on the physiological performance of outmigrating Chinook salmon	6
Induced bacterial sickness causes inflammation but not blood oxidative stress in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)	6
Adaptation of a mouse Doppler echocardiograph system for assessing cardiac function and thermal performance in a juvenile salmonid	6
Exploring water-borne corticosterone collection as a non-invasive tool in amphibian conservation physiology: benefits, limitations and future perspectives	6
Hormonal variation and temporal dynamics of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are associated with age, body condition and the social environment	6
Capture heats up sharks	6
Impacts of ocean warming and acidification on the energy budget of three commercially important fish species	6
Complex tourism and season interactions contribute to disparate physiologies in an endangered rock iguana	6
Timing and frequency of high temperature events bend the onset of behavioural thermoregulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	6
Simulated heatwave and fishing stressors alter corticosteroid and energy balance in neonate blacktip reef sharks, Carcharhinus melanopterus.	6
Soil pollution by heavy metals correlates with levels of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of a fossorial amphisbaenian reptile	6
Characterization of faecal and caecal microbiota of free-ranging black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) using high-throughput sequencing of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene	6
Diminished warming tolerance and plasticity in low-latitude populations of a marine gastropod	6
Bacterial microbiomes from mucus and breath of southern resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)	6
Physiological response and survival of Atlantic mackerel exposed to simulated purse seine crowding and release	6
Growth, osmoregulation and ionoregulation of longfin smelt (Spirinchus thaleichthys) yolk-sac larvae at different salinities	6
Limits on performance and survival of juvenile sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) during food deprivation: a laboratory-based study	5
Sportive lemurs elevate their metabolic rate during challenging seasons and do not enter regular heterothermy	5
Researcher perspectives on challenges and opportunities in conservation physiology revealed from an online survey	5
Assessing variation in faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors	5
Quantifying changes in umbilicus size to estimate the relative age of neonatal blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)	5
How can physiology best contribute to wildlife conservation in a warming world?	5
Survival estimates across five life stages of redfin (Perca fluviatilis) exposed to simulated pumped-storage hydropower stressors	5
Haematophagous ectoparasites lower survival of and have detrimental physiological effects on golden eagle nestlings	5
On the effects of temperature and pH on tropical and temperate holothurians	5
Effects of turbidity, temperature and predation cue on the stress response of juvenile delta smelt	5
Neotropical stingless bees display a strong response in cold tolerance with changes in elevation	5
Agricultural pesticides and ectoparasites: potential combined effects on the physiology of a declining aerial insectivore	5
Effects of exposure to elevated temperature and different food levels on the escape response and metabolism of early life stages of white seabream, Diplodus sargus	5
Quantifying microplastic ingestion, degradation and excretion in insects using fluorescent plastics	5
Identifying thresholds in air exposure, water temperature and fish size that determine reflex impairment in brook trout exposed to catch-and-release angling	5
Conditions influencing the appearance of thermal windows and the distribution of surface temperature in hauled-out southern elephant seals	5
Grow or go? Energetic constraints on shark pup dispersal from pupping areas	5
Circulating concentrations of thyroid hormones and cortisol in wild and semi-natural Yangtze finless porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis)	5
A simple model for the evolution of temperature-dependent sex determination explains the temperature sensitivity of embryonic mortality in imperiled reptiles	5
Steroid hormones in Pacific walrus bones collected over three millennia indicate physiological responses to changes in estimated population size and the environment	5
Evaluating beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) blow samples as a potential diagnostic for immune function gene expression within the respiratory system	5
Endangered Cultus Lake sockeye salmon exhibit genomic evidence of hypoxic and thermal stresses while rearing in degrading freshwater lacustrine critical habitat	5
The upper thermal limit of epaulette sharks (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) is conserved across three life history stages, sex and body size	5
Detection of steroid and thyroid hormones in mammalian teeth	5
Effects of severe anthropogenic disturbance on the heart rate and body temperature in free-living greylag geese (Anser anser)	5
Population variability in thermal performance of pre-spawning adult Chinook salmon	4
Monarch caterpillars are robust to combined exposure to the roadside micronutrients sodium and zinc	4
Urofaecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) chick populations experiencing different levels of human disturbance	4
Chemical niches and ionoregulatory traits: applying ionoregulatory physiology to the conservation management of freshwater fishes	4
Metabolic rate and critical thermal maximumCTmaxestimates for westslope cutthroat trout,Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi	4
Comparison of the cardiovascular effects of immobilization with three different drug combinations in free-ranging African lions	4
What are the Metabolic Rates of Marine Mammals and What Factors Impact this Value: A review	4
Targeted metabolomics characterizes metabolite occurrence and variability in stable freshwater mussel populations	4
Plasma proteomics of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) reveals pathway shifts and potential biomarker candidates associated with health and disease	4
Automated flow control of a multi-lane swimming chamber for small fishes indicates species-specific sensitivity to experimental protocols	4
The lampricide 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol causes temporary metabolic disturbances in juvenile lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens): implications for sea lamprey control and fish conservati	4
Does hydrostatic pressure influence lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) heart rate and its response to environmental challenges?	4
Re-evaluating model assumptions suggests that Australian birds are more tolerant of heat and aridity than predicted: a response to Conradie et al. (2020)	4
Isolation and characterization mesenchymal stem cells from red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani) endometrium	4
Seasonal drivers of faecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in an African strepsirrhine primate, the thick-tailed greater galago (Otolemur crassicaudatus)	4
Do boars compensate for hunting with higher reproductive hormones?	4
Thermal tolerance and survival are modulated by a natural gradient of infection in differentially acclimated hosts	4
Using dermal glucocorticoids to determine the effects of disease and environment on the critically endangered Wyoming toad	4
Controlled experiments to explore the use of a multi-tissue approach to characterizing stress in wild-caught Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)	4
Wetland fishes avoid a carbon dioxide deterrent deployed in the field	3
Captive-reared migratory monarchs fly in the wrong direction: a critique of Wilcox et al.	3
Attenuation and recovery of an avoidance response to a chemical antipredator cue in an invasive fish: implications for use as a repellent in conservation	3
Analysis of a mechanistic model of corals in association with multiple symbionts: within-host competition and recovery from bleaching	3
Testosterone levels in hair of free-ranging male northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in relation to sampling month, age class and spermatogenesis	3
Drying banana seeds for ex situ conservation	3
Life cycle complexity and body mass drive erratic changes in climate vulnerability across ontogeny in a seasonally migrating butterfly	3
Can fisheries bioenergetics modelling refine spatially explicit assessments of climate change vulnerability?	3
Reactive scope model and emergency life history stage provide useful tools for evaluating the stress responses of native Australian lizards living in disturbed landscapes	3
Decreasing glucocorticoid levels towards the expansion front suggest ongoing expansion in a terrestrial mammal	3
Supplementation in vitamin B3 counteracts the negative effects of tryptophan deficiencies in bumble bees	3
Evaluating bat boxes: design and placement alter bioenergetic costs and overheating risk	3
Interactive effects of temperature and bisphenol A on phytoplankton growth and community structure	3
Restoration, conservation and phytoplankton hysteresis	3
Inside out: heart rate monitoring to advance the welfare and conservation of maned wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus)	3

Changes to benthic community structure may impact organic matter consumption on Pacific Arctic shelves	3
Using physiology to better support wild bee conservation	3
Infectious agents and their physiological correlates in early marine Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)	3
Blood biochemistry and hematology of adult and chick brown pelicans in the northern Gulf of Mexico: baseline health values and ecological relationships	3
Physiological consequences of consuming low-energy foods: herbivory coincides with a stress response in Yellowstone bears.	3
Invasive investigation: uptake and transport of l-leucine in the gill epithelium of crustaceans	3
Characterization of sperm and implications for male fertility in the last of the Rhynchocephalians	3
Seasonal, environmental and individual effects on hypoxia tolerance of eastern sand darter (Ammocrypta pellucida)	3
Mussel mass mortality in the Clinch River, USA: metabolomics detects affected pathways and biomarkers of stress	3
Physiological acclimation of elk during population restoration in the Missouri Ozarks, USA	3
Microclimate drives intraspecific thermal specialization: conservation perspectives in freshwater habitats	3
Variation of hair cortisol in two herds of migratory caribou (Rangifer tarandus): implications for health monitoring	3
Short-term behavioural responses of Atlantic bluefin tuna to catch-and-release fishing	3
Physiological plasticity in elephants: highly dynamic glucocorticoids in African and Asian elephants	3
Hatchery and wild larval lake sturgeon experience effects of captivity on stress reactivity, behavior and predation risk	3
Understanding metrics of stress in the context of invasion history: the case of the brown treesnake (Boiga irregularis)	3
Freshwater protected areas can preserve high-performance phenotypes in populations of a popular sportfish	2
Behavioral evidence of olfactory imprinting during embryonic and larval stages in lake sturgeon	2
Sublethal pesticide exposure influences behaviour, but not condition in a widespread Australian lizard	2
Glucocorticoid metabolites in an ex situ nocturnal bird, the tropical screech owl Megascops choliba: effects of sex, activity period and inter-individual variation	2
Inter- and intra-specific variation in hair cortisol concentrations of Neotropical bats	2
Assessing chronic stress in wild mammals using claw-derived cortisol: a validation using European badgers (Meles meles)	2
Effects of human disturbance on postnatal growth and baseline corticosterone in a long-lived bird	2
Qiviut cortisol is associated with metrics of health and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors in wild muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)	2
Smaller herring larval size-at-stage in response to environmental changes is associated with ontogenic processes and stress response	2
Identification of supraoptimal temperatures in juvenile blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) using survival, growth rate and scaled energy reserves	2
Behavioural and physiological responses to salinization and air exposure during the ontogeny of a freshwater South American snail	2
Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment	2
Elevating the impact of conservation physiology by building a community devoted to excellence, transparency, ethics, integrity and mutual respect	2
The cost of sympatry: spatio-temporal patterns in leopard dietary and physiological responses to tiger competition gradient in Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, India	2
Ocean warming favours a northern Argyrosomus species over its southern congener, whereas preliminary metabolic evidence suggests that hybridization may promote their adaptation	2
Germination physiology of Cochlospermum fraseri (Bixaceae), a deciduous tree from Northern Australia with physical seed dormancy	2
Effect of total dissolved gas supersaturation and flow velocity on survival and swimming ability of juvenile Schizothorax prenanti	2
Global heating poses a serious threat to Australia’s birds: reply to Pacheco-Fuentes et al.	2
Age-growth relationships, temperature sensitivity and palaeoclimate-archive potential of the threatened Altiplano cactusEchinopsis atacamensis	2
Temminck’s pangolins relax the precision of body temperature regulation when resources are scarce in a semi-arid environment	2
Biomarkers of reproduction in endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting at Tortuguero, Costa Rica	2
Can scale cortisol concentration be quantified non-lethally in wild fish species?	2
Timescale separation and models of symbiosis: state space reduction, multiple attractors and initialization	2
Validation of a field-friendly faeces drying and storage method for quantifying faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) opens up new perspectives for conservationis	2
Seasonal temperatures in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas, have considerable impacts on the cardiorespiratory function and swimming performance of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus)	2
Seasonal variation in molecular and physiological stress markers in Asian elephants	2
The environmental context of inducible HSP70 expression in Eastern Brook Trout	2
Petroleum-derived naphthenic acids disrupt hormone-dependent sexual behaviours in male Western clawed frogs	2
Conservation of thermal physiology in tropical intertidal snails following an evolutionary transition to a cooler ecosystem: climate change implications	2
Riding out the storm: depleted fat stores and elevated hematocrit in a small bodied endotherm exposed to severe weather	2
Refining the moose serum progesterone threshold to diagnose pregnancy	2
Using hair cortisol analysis to understand the biological factors that affect black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) stress physiology	2
Divergent impacts of the neonicotinoid insecticide, clothianidin, on flight performance metrics in two species of migratory butterflies	2
Predicting effects of warming requires a whole-of-life cycle perspective: a case study in the alpine herb Oreomyrrhis eriopoda	2
Handling heatwaves: balancing thermoregulation, foraging and bumblebee colony success	2
Functional traits and drought strategy predict leaf thermal tolerance	2
No consistent effect of daytime versus night-time measurement of thermal tolerance in nocturnal and diurnal lizards	2
Plant physiological indicators for optimizing conservation outcomes	2
Energetic costs increase with faster heating in an aquatic ectotherm	2
Spectrally non-overlapping background noise disturbs echolocation via acoustic masking in the CF-FM bat, Hipposideros pratti	2