Providing baseline data for conservation-Heart rate monitoring in captive scimitar-horned oryx.

ABSTRACT: Heart rate biologging has been successfully used to study wildlife responses to natural and human-caused stressors (e.g., hunting, landscape of fear). Although rarely deployed to inform conservation, heart rate biologging may be particularly valuable for assessing success in wildlife reintroductions. We conducted a case study for testing and validating the use of subcutaneous heart rate monitors in eight captive scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), a once-extinct species that is currently being restored to the wild. We evaluated biologger safety and accuracy while collecting long-term baseline data and assessing factors explaining variation in heart rate. None of the biologgers were rejected after implantation, with successful data capture for 16-21 months. Heart rate detection accur

SUBMITTER: Leimgruber P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9998487 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature