@article{0fc8d0108ce749fd8b71169e1ed011e8,
title = "Great Tit (Parus major) breath rate in response to handling stress: Urban and forest birds differ",
abstract = "Animal research commonly requires temporary handling of study animals. In this study, we compared the response to handling stress in urban and forest Great Tits (Parus major). We measured breath rate, which has been suggested as a proxy of the stress response of the bird. Urban birds displayed higher breath rates than forest birds. Results suggest that the effect of handling can vary from one habitat to another and should be taken into account in future studies on the topic.",
keywords = "Breath rate, Great Tit, Handling, Parus major, Stress, Urban",
author = "Anna Torn{\'e}-Noguera and Emilio Pagani-N{\'u}{\~n}ez and Senar, {Juan Carlos}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgments This work was supported by funds from the Institute of Parks and Gardens (Barcelona City Council) and from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spanish Research Council (CGL 2012-38262) (to J.C.S.). We thank the Institute of Parks and Gardens for allowing us to sample birds in the Barcelona city parks, Leopoldo Gil for allowing us to sample birds in Can Cat{\`a} forest area, Llu{\"i}sa Arroyo and Ferran Bustos for their help in the field and David Carrasco and Carolyn Newey for improving the manuscript. Birds were handled with the permission of the Catalan Ringing Office (ICO) and the Department of Environment, Generalitat de Catalunya. We confirm that we have no conflict of interest to declare.",
year = "2014",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1007/s10336-013-1025-5",
language = "English",
volume = "155",
pages = "315--318",
journal = "Journal of Ornithology",
issn = "2193-7192",
number = "1",
}