A focus on the European hamster to illustrate how to monitor endangered species
作者机构:University of StrasbourgCNRSIPHCStrasbourgFrance National Hunting and Wildlife AgencyONCFSGerstheimFrance and 3Clinique VétérinaireColmarFrance
出 版 物:《Integrative Zoology》 (整合动物学(英文版))
年 卷 期:2019年第14卷第1期
页 面:65-74页
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学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071002[理学-动物学]
主 题:conservation measures data loggers degree of invasiveness energy balance metabolism
摘 要:Agriculture intensification,marked by the generalization of crop monoculture,by the increase in plot size and by the reduction of plant diversity,has led to huge decline in wildlife in European *** such habitat,re-search has long been biased towards birds and invertebrates,while very few studies have investigated the ef-fect on small *** the European hamster,Cricetus cricetus,we therefore review the different techniques that can be used to investigate the impact of environmental changes and conservation measures in small and endangered wild *** suggest that only a multidisciplinary approach will allow exploration of these effects,combining experimental laboratory work on captive-bred animals with the monitoring of wild *** particular,individual energy balance has to be investigated and measured as accurately as possi-ble,through either biochemical or bio-logging *** is,indeed,the most affected physiological trait in a changing environment,as it determines both the reproductive output and the survival of the *** also discuss the inconvenience of capture-release approaches for such an endangered species and emphasize the dis-turbance that experimental protocols could impose on the hamster.