Browsing by Author "Lummaa, Virpi"

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Asian elephant calf physiology and mahout perspectives during taming in Myanmar

Crawley, Jennie A. H.; Nandar, Hnin; Zaw, Htet T.; Lahdenperä, Mirkka; Franco Dos Santos, Diogo J.; Seltmann, Martin W.; Brown, Janine L.; Goodsell, Robert M.; Oo, Zaw M.; Htut, Win; Nyein, U. K.; Aung, Htoo H.; Lummaa, Virpi (2024)

A quarter of Asian elephants are captive, with greater than 90% of these tamed and cared for by handlers (mahouts) in Asia. Although taming is a much-discussed welfare issue, no studies to our knowledge have empirically ...
Sex-specific links between the social landscape and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in semi-captive Asian elephants

Seltmann, Martin W.; Jackson, John; Lynch, Emily; Brown, Janine L.; Htut, Win; Lahdenpera, Mirkka; Lummaa, Virpi (2022)

Although social behaviour is common in group-living mammals, our understanding of its mechanisms in longlived animals is largely based on studies in human and non-human primates. There are health and fitness benefits ...
Stress and body condition are associated with climate and demography in Asian elephants

Mumby, Hannah S.; Mar, Khyne U.; Thitaram, Chatchote; Courtiol, Alexandre; Towiboon, Patcharapa; Min-Oo, Zaw; Htut-Aung, Ye; Brown, Janine L.; Lummaa, Virpi (2015)

Establishing links between ecological variation, physiological markers of stress and demography is crucial for understanding how and why changes in environmental conditions affect population dynamics, and may also play a ...

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