Conservation Physiology

Papers
(The median citation count of Conservation Physiology is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Cortisol in fish scales remains stable during extended periods of storage35
Correction to: Effect of L-alanine exposure during early life stage on olfactory development, growth and survival in age-0 lake sturgeon31
Nailing it: Investigation of elephant toenails for retrospective analysis of adrenal and reproductive hormones27
Respiratory acidosis and O2 supply capacity do not affect the acute temperature tolerance of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)25
Optimizing the prediction of discard survival of bottom-trawled plaice based on vitality indicators24
Transcriptomic evidence of cytokine storm and sepsis in little brown bats exposed to white-nose syndrome22
Serum Virome of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus) during a period of rapid climate change20
Repeatability of swimming activity of the Patagonian grouper Acanthistius patachonicus based on accelerometry20
Validating enzyme immunoassays for non-invasive reproductive hormone monitoring in Temminck’s pangolin18
Ecological features of upriver migration in Kitakami River chum salmon and their connection to aerobic thermal performance17
How can physiology best contribute to wildlife conservation in a warming world?16
Comparing life history traits and tolerance to changing environments of two oyster species (Ostrea edulis and Crassostrea gigas) through Dynamic Energy Budget theory16
Evaluating bat boxes: design and placement alter bioenergetic costs and overheating risk16
Correction to: Advancing urban ethnopharmacology: a modern concept of sustainability, conservation and cross-cultural adaptations of medicinal plant lore in the urban environment15
Intake and growth histories modulate bone morphology, microarchitecture, and mineralization in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas)15
New insights into risk variables associated with gas embolism in loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) caught in trawls and gillnets15
Adrenal and metabolic hormones demonstrate risk–reward trade-offs for African elephants foraging in human-dominated landscapes15
The impacts of diel thermal variability on growth, development and performance of wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from two thermally distinct rivers14
Reflections on a decade of service as founding Editor-in-Chief ofConservation Physiology14
Etorphine induces pathophysiology in immobilized white rhinoceros through sympathomimesis that is attenuated by butorphanol14
The habitat quality paradox: loss of riparian forest cover leads to decreased risk of parasitism and improved body condition in an imperiled amphibian14
The role of temperature in vitality and survival assessments of beam-trawled and discarded European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa)13
Hatchery and wild larval lake sturgeon experience effects of captivity on stress reactivity, behavior and predation risk13
Successful acclimatization of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) translocated to Conkouati-Douli National Park, Republic of Congo, as measured by fecal glucocorticoid metabolites12
The fast-food effect: costs of being a generalist in a human-dominated landscape12
Variation in body condition, corticosterone response and immune function is related to the timing of nesting in Franklin’s Gull12
Effects of disease on foraging behaviour and success in an individual free-ranging northern elephant seal12
In sea trout, the physiological response to salmon louse is stronger in female than in males11
Linking nutritional biochemistry and trophic ecology to health of adult female California sea lions in the Gulf of California11
Multiple morphophysiological responses of a tropical frog to urbanization conform to the pace-of-life syndrome11
Strategies for oocyte collection and in vitro embryo production in free-roaming bison herds11
Blubber biopsy biomarkers for baleen whales11
Guiding plant conservation using physiological tools: how mechanistic research can bridge disciplinary divides11
Simultaneous determination of steroid hormones and pharmaceuticals in killer whale (Orcinus orca) faecal samples by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry11
Bat cellular immunity varies by year and dietary habit amidst land conversion10
Connecting the dots: relationship between heart rate and overall dynamic body acceleration in free-ranging cattle10
Life cycle complexity and body mass drive erratic changes in climate vulnerability across ontogeny in a seasonally migrating butterfly10
UV exposure causes energy trade-offs leading to increased chytrid fungus susceptibility in green tree frog larvae10
Energetic basis for bird ontogeny and egg-laying applied to the bobwhite quail10
Elevating the impact of conservation physiology by building a community devoted to excellence, transparency, ethics, integrity and mutual respect9
Soil moisture and temperature drive emergence delays associated with fire seasonality in eucalypt forests9
Taking Conservation Physiology forward: editorial vision of the new editor-in-chief9
Warm acclimation alters antioxidant defences but not metabolic capacities in the Antarctic fish, Notothenia coriiceps9
Correction to: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype9
Adrenal response to competitive singing: glucocorticoid metabolites in male Saltator similis (Aves, Thraupidae)9
Growth in marine mammals: a review of growth patterns, composition and energy investment9
Land use influences the faecal glucocorticoid metabolites of multiple species across trophic levels9
The cost of sympatry: spatio-temporal patterns in leopard dietary and physiological responses to tiger competition gradient in Rajaji Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand, India9
Increases in humidity will intensify lethal hyperthermia risk for birds occupying humid lowlands9
Reproductive phases coincide with changes in morphology and photosynthetic physiology in an endangered cycad species9
Can scale cortisol concentration be quantified non-lethally in wild fish species?9
Germination physiology of Cochlospermum fraseri (Bixaceae), a deciduous tree from Northern Australia with physical seed dormancy8
A body composition model with multiple storage compartments for polar bears (Ursus maritimus)8
Hot climate, hot koalas: the role of weather, behaviour and disease on thermoregulation8
Does aerobic scope influence geographical distribution of teleost fishes?8
Selecting auditory alerting stimuli for eagles on the basis of auditory evoked potentials8
Validation of an enzyme immunoassay for the detection of corticosterone metabolites from northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) feces8
Health assessment of nesting loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in one of their largest rookeries (central eastern Florida coast, USA)8
Thermal tolerance of giant salmonfly nymphs (Pteronarcys californica) varies across populations in a regulated river7
Survival estimates across five life stages of redfin (Perca fluviatilis) exposed to simulated pumped-storage hydropower stressors7
Dermal glucocorticoids are uncoupled from stress physiology and infection7
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
Correction to: Ocean warming favours a northern Argyrosomus species over its southern congener, whereas preliminary metabolic evidence suggests that hybridization may promote their adaptation7
Artificial light at night during early development directly affects embryonic but not larval quality in a wild coral reef fish7
No consistent effect of daytime versus night-time measurement of thermal tolerance in nocturnal and diurnal lizards7
Putting the health in hidden Markov models: incorporating allostatic load indices into movement ecology analyses7
Determining physiological responses of mussels (Mytilus edulis) to hypoxia by combining multiple sensor techniques7
The effect of temperature on specific dynamic action of juvenile fall-run Chinook salmon,Oncorhynchus tshawytscha7
Mechanistic characterization of waterborne selenite uptake in the water flea, Daphnia magna, indicates water chemistry affects toxicity in coal mine-impacted waters7
Ice-olating a health scoring system for wild polar bears6
Dynamic Energy Budget models: fertile ground for understanding resource allocation in plants in a changing world6
The comparative energetics of the carnivorans and pangolins6
A review of elasmobranch catch-and-release science: synthesis of current knowledge, implications for best practice and future research directions6
Aqueous exposure to a pyrethroid pesticide results in behavioural effects in early life stage sturgeon6
Swimming energetics of Atlantic salmon in relation to extended fasting at different temperatures6
The effects of different sample storage conditions on faecal corticosterone metabolite measurements in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)6
Can blubber steroid hormone measurements reveal reproductive state in narwhals?6
Quantifying microplastic ingestion, degradation and excretion in insects using fluorescent plastics6
Mercury exposure and health challenges in Rapa Nui green turtles: urging conservation and long-term monitoring in the South Pacific6
Capture heats up sharks6
Physiologically informed organismal climatologies reveal unexpected spatiotemporal trends in temperature6
Correction to: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype6
Abnormal expression of natural mating behaviour of captive adult giant pandas is related to physiological stress6
Corrigendum to: Sex-specific differences in swimming, aerobic metabolism and recovery from exercise in adult coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) across ecologically relevant temperatures6
Assessing variation in faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in gray whales exposed to anthropogenic stressors6
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) age at maturity is strongly affected by temperature, population and age-at-maturity genotype5
Building a natural repellent: effects of varying alarm cue exposure on swim activity and spatial avoidance in an invasive fish5
Physiological responses to capture, handling and tagging in the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)5
Safety in the shallows: nearshore coastal habitats can provide physical and thermal features that optimize escape performance in newborn blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)5
Ocean warming favours a northern Argyrosomus species over its southern congener, whereas preliminary metabolic evidence suggests that hybridization may promote their adaptation5
Stress physiology of scalloped and great hammerhead sharks from a bottom longline fishery5
Assessment of temperature optimum signatures of corals at both latitudinal extremes of the Red Sea5
Skin pH and buffering ability vary between two co-occurring semi-aquatic frog species5
An evolving roadmap: using mitochondrial physiology to help guide conservation efforts5
Tracking reproductive events: Hoof growth and steroid hormone concentrations in hair and hoof tissues in moose (Alces alces)5
Examining avian influenza virus exposure in seabirds of the northwest Atlantic in 2022 and 2023 via antibodies in eggs5
Haematology and plasma biochemistry reference intervals of Española, San Cristobal and Eastern Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise species5
Neotropical stingless bees display a strong response in cold tolerance with changes in elevation5
Proteome profiling reveals opportunities to investigate biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune responses in blubber biopsies from free-ranging baleen whales5
Stable isotope approaches and opportunities for improving plant conservation5
Effects of three immobilizing drug combinations on ventilation, gas exchange and metabolism in free-living African lions (Panthera leo)5
Capture and transport of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) cause shifts in their fecal microbiota composition towards dysbiosis5
Behavioral evidence of olfactory imprinting during embryonic and larval stages in lake sturgeon5
Pacific Cod metabolism and swimming performance are similar across temperatures following prolonged thermal acclimation5
Physiological health of wintering glaucous-winged gulls in coastal British Columbia4
Dynamic changes in the hormones of black-necked cranes during reproduction4
Extreme tolerance for nocturnal emergence at low body temperatures in a high-latitude lizard: implications for future climate warming4
Blood biochemistry and hematology of adult and chick brown pelicans in the northern Gulf of Mexico: baseline health values and ecological relationships4
The endangered common hamster needs proteins: identifying diversified crop-based diets improving hibernation and reproductive success4
Understanding risks and consequences of pathogen infections on the physiological performance of outmigrating Chinook salmon4
Complex tourism and season interactions contribute to disparate physiologies in an endangered rock iguana4
Quantification of thermal impacts across freshwater life stages to improve temperature management for anadromous salmonids4
Exploring water-borne corticosterone collection as a non-invasive tool in amphibian conservation physiology: benefits, limitations and future perspectives4
Rhinoceros serum labile plasma iron and associated redox potential: interspecific variation, sex bias and iron overload disorder disconnect4
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 conservationis4
Spectrally non-overlapping background noise disturbs echolocation via acoustic masking in the CF-FM bat, Hipposideros pratti4
Limited efficacy of a commercial microbial inoculant for improving growth and physiological performance of native plant species4
Insights from a year of field deployments inform the conservation of an endangered estuarine fish4
Seasonal temperatures in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas, have considerable impacts on the cardiorespiratory function and swimming performance of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus)4
Identification of upper thermal thresholds during development in the endangered Nechako white sturgeon with management implications for a regulated river4
Physiological performance of native and invasive crayfish species in a changing environment: insights from Dynamic Energy Budget models4
Resident wild koalas show resilience to large-scale translocation of bushfire-rescued koalas4
Could future ocean acidification be affecting the energy budgets of marine fish?4
Lean mass deposition occurs at a greater rate than fat deposition during pre-breeding stopover in highly depleted songbirds in the northern Gulf of Mexico4
Meta-analysis reveals between-population differences affect the link between glucocorticoids and population health4
Viability and integrity of Pinus densiflora seeds stored for 20 years at three different temperatures4
Smaller herring larval size-at-stage in response to environmental changes is associated with ontogenic processes and stress response3
Impacts of ocean warming and acidification on the energy budget of three commercially important fish species3
Orphaning stunts growth in wild African elephants3
Plant growth, physiological variation and homological relationship of Cyclocarya species in ex situ conservation3
A user’s guide for understanding reptile and amphibian hydroregulation and climate change impacts3
Forest fragmentation and edge effects impact body condition, fur condition and ectoparasite prevalence in a nocturnal lemur community3
Influence of egg size and parental genetics on the metabolic rate of Chinook and pink salmon embryos3
The a-peel of storing mature seeds for wild banana conservation3
Same, same, but different: dissimilarities in the hydrothermal germination performance of range-restricted endemics emerge despite microclimatic similarities3
Handling heatwaves: balancing thermoregulation, foraging and bumblebee colony success3
Assessing chronic stress in wild mammals using claw-derived cortisol: a validation using European badgers (Meles meles)3
Temminck’s pangolins relax the precision of body temperature regulation when resources are scarce in a semi-arid environment3
Testosterone variation in a semi-captive population of Asian elephants in Myanmar3
Thermal tolerance and survival are modulated by a natural gradient of infection in differentially acclimated hosts3
Applied winter biology: threats, conservation and management of biological resources during winter in cold climate regions3
Induced bacterial sickness causes inflammation but not blood oxidative stress in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)3
Assessing individual physiological variability and future performance phenotypes is essential for predicting the resilience of fish populations to anthropogenic climate change3
Physiological acclimation of elk during population restoration in the Missouri Ozarks, USA3
A systematic review of approaches to assess fish health responses to anthropogenic threats in freshwater ecosystems3
Evaluating beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) blow samples as a potential diagnostic for immune function gene expression within the respiratory system3
Correction to: Capture and transport of white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) cause shifts in their fecal microbiota composition towards dysbiosis3
Effects of exposure to elevated temperature and different food levels on the escape response and metabolism of early life stages of white seabream, Diplodus sargus3
Correction to: Effects of exposure to elevated temperature and different food levels on the escape response and metabolism of early life stages of white seabream, Diplodus sargus3
Resource and seasonality drive interspecific variability in simulations from a dynamic energy budget model3
Interactive effects of sedimentary turbidity and elevated water temperature on the Pugnose Shiner (Miniellus anogenus), a threatened freshwater fish3
Microclimatic changes caused by plant invasions and warming: uncovering thermal costs and benefits to a tortoise3
Glucocorticoid metabolites in an ex situ nocturnal bird, the tropical screech owl Megascops choliba: effects of sex, activity period and inter-individual variation3
Erratum to: Skin pH varies among bat species seasons and between wild and captive bats2
Using vitality indicators to predict survival of aquatic animals released from fisheries2
Key questions in marine mammal bioenergetics2
Mussel mass mortality in the Clinch River, USA: metabolomics detects affected pathways and biomarkers of stress2
Correction to: Dermal glucocorticoids are uncoupled from stress physiology and infection2
Can portable glucose and lactate meters be a useful tool in quantifying stress of juvenile Chinook salmon?2
Supplementation in vitamin B3 counteracts the negative effects of tryptophan deficiencies in bumble bees2
Drying banana seeds for ex situ conservation2
Migratory behaviours are risk-sensitive to physiological state in an elevational migrant2
Freshwater protected areas can preserve high-performance phenotypes in populations of a popular sportfish2
Larval growth of the polychaete Arenicola marina under different temperature and food conditions: consequences on bioenergetic models2
A simple DEB-based ecosystem model2
The influence of tourist visitation on the heterophyl to lymphocyte ratios and trophic values of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at Martillo Island, Argentina2
Correction to: Can the impacts of cold water pollution on fish be mitigated by thermal plasticity?2
Can fisheries bioenergetics modelling refine spatially explicit assessments of climate change vulnerability?2
Estimating pregnancy rate from blubber progesterone levels of a blindly biopsied beluga population poses methodological, analytical and statistical challenges2
Differential heat shock protein responses in two species of Pacific salmon and their utility in identifying heat stress2
Refining the moose serum progesterone threshold to diagnose pregnancy2
Oxidative physiology of two small and highly migratory Arctic seabirds: Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) and long-tailed jaegers (Stercorarius longicaudus)2
Corrigendum to: Drying banana seeds for ex situ conservation2
Qiviut cortisol is associated with metrics of health and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors in wild muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus)2
Local conditions drive interpopulation variation in field-based critical thermal maximum of brook trout2
Dynamics of stored lipids in fall migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus): Nectaring in northern Mexico allows recovery from droughts at higher latitudes2
Comparative plasma biochemistry analyte data in nesting leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), foraging green (Chelonia mydas) and foraging and nesting hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata<2
Re-evaluating model assumptions suggests that Australian birds are more tolerant of heat and aridity than predicted: a response to Conradie et al. (2020)2
A photophysiological model of coral bleaching under light and temperature stress: experimental assessment2
Local adaptation to climate inferred from intraspecific variation in plant functional traits along a latitudinal gradient2
Capture and discard practises associated with an ornamental fishery affect the metabolic rate and aerobic capacity of three-striped dwarf cichlids Apistogramma trifasciata2
Behavioural and physiological responses to salinization and air exposure during the ontogeny of a freshwater South American snail2
Prior thermal acclimation gives White Sturgeon a fin up dealing with low oxygen2
Modelling the impact of condition-dependent responses and lipid-store availability on the consequences of disturbance in a cetacean2
Efficacy of salmon GnRHa, Ovaprim® and hCG for hormonal stimulation of spermiation in the Fowler’s toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)2
Metabolic rate and critical thermal maximumCTmaxestimates for westslope cutthroat trout,Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi2
Sea butterflies in a pickle: reliable biomarkers and seasonal sensitivity of Limacina retroversa to ocean acidification in the Gulf of Maine2
Home is where your heat is: local conditions forge a fish’s temperature tolerance2
DEB-IBM for predicting climate change and anthropogenic impacts on population dynamics of hairtail Trichiurus lepturus in the East China Sea2
Body size dictates physiological and behavioural responses to hypoxia and elevated water temperatures in Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii)2
Identification of supraoptimal temperatures in juvenile blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis) using survival, growth rate and scaled energy reserves2
Biological validation of faecal corticosterone metabolites as a non-invasive stress assessment in translocated California valley quail (Callipepla californica)2
Effect of total dissolved gas supersaturation and flow velocity on survival and swimming ability of juvenile Schizothorax prenanti2
Hormonal variation and temporal dynamics of musth in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are associated with age, body condition and the social environment2
Thermal treadmills: how heat variability pushes salmon to their limits2
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