The Integrated Effect of Environmental Conditions and Human Presence on the Behaviour of a Pair of Zoo-Housed Asian Small-Clawed Otters

Authors: Francesca Bandoli, Jenny Mace, Andrew Knight

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behaviour, animal welfare, Aonyx cinereus, human-animal interaction, otter welfare, zoo welfare

2023

Koalas showed limited behavioural response and no physiological response to drones

Authors: Diane Colombelli-Négrel, Imogen Z. Sach, Ian Hough, Jarrod C. Hodgson, Christopher B. Daniels, Sonia Kleindorfer

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: Heart rate monitor, physiology, Sensory disturbance, stress response, UAVs

2023

Identification of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal cortisol metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and enzyme immunoassays

Authors: Flavia Santamaria, Christopher K Barlow, Rolf Schlagloth, Ralf B Schittenhelm, Rupert Palme, Joerg Henning

Publication/Journal: Metabolites

Keywords: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hplc, koala, LC-MS, non-invasive, phascolarctos cinereus, stress

2021

Using Thermal Imaging to Monitor Body Temperature of Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) in A Zoo Setting

Authors: Edward Narayan, Annabella Perakis, Will Meikle

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body temperature, heat/cold stress, koalas, substrate, thermal imaging, thermoregulation, welfare, zoo

2019

Supplemental feeding of captive neonatal koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Eri Shibata, Izumi Shindo, Etsuko Miyakawa, Nobuhide Kido

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: formula feed, insufficient growth, milk replacer

2017

Female koalas prefer bellows in which lower formants indicate larger males

Authors: Benjamin D. Charlton, William A. H. Ellis, Jacqui Brumm, Karen Nilsson, W. Tecumseh Fitch

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: acoustic cues to body size, female mating preference, formant frequency, koala, phascolarctos cinereus, vocal communication

2012

Better the devil you know: familiarity affects foraging activity of red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus

Authors: E.B. Liebgold, C.J. Dibble

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: enclosure, familiarity, foraging activity, juvenile, plethodon cinereus, territorial

2011

Dietary specialization and Eucalyptus species preferences in Queensland koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Alexis L. Higgins, Fred B. Bercovitch, Jennifer R. Tobey, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eucalyptus, feeding behavior, phascolarctos, secondary plant metabolites

2011

Evaluating the utility of an accelerometer and urinary hormone analysis as indicators of estrus in a Zoo-housed koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Authors: Maressa Takahashi, Jennifer R. Tobey, Corinne Bacon Pisacane, Chris Hamlin Andrus

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity levels, reproduction, reproductive endocrinology

2009

Chrono-ethologic investigations on the Queensland koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adustus) in captivity

Authors: Cora Richter

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity profile, behavior, biologic rhythm, chrono-ethogram, koala, zeitgeber

2006