Downlowable documents (pdf) about standard procedures and good practice for different taxonomic groups of wild animals, as well as links to websites of interest

Procedures

Taxonomic groups

Reduction and experimental design

National Centre for the 3Rs: Experimental design/statistics, incuding The Experimental Design Assistant (EDA)

Bonapersona et al. (2021) Reduction by Prior Animal Informed Research RePAIR

Web pages that perform statistical calculations

Reproducibility

Guidelines for planning animal research PREPARE

Guidelines for reporting animal research ARRIVE

Websites of interest

- Canadian Council on Animal Care guidelines

- 3 Rs and wildlife research at the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) UK

- Australian Animal Research Review Panel: Animal ethics and wildlife research

- Resources at the Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching Ltd (ANZCCART)

- Recursos sobre manejo y cuidado de animales exóticos

- USDA Animal Welfare Information Center Wildlife resources

- W Australia Department of Environment and Conservation Standard Operating Procedures for wildlife monitoring

- Animal Welfare Institute: Database on Refinement of Housing, Husbandry, Care, and Use of Animals in Research

- American Psychological Association: Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in the Care and Use of Animals

- International Society for Applied Ethology: Ethical treatment of animals in applied animal behavior research