Physiological and behavioural responses of a small heterothermic mammal to fire stimuli

Authors: Clare Stawski, Jaya K. Matthews, Gerhard Körtner, Fritz Geiser

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: ash, charcoal, marsupial, sminthopsis crassicaudata, smoke, torpor

2015

Collective Vigilance in the Greater Kudu: Towards a Better Understanding of Synchronization Patterns

Authors: O. Pays, E. Sirot, H. Fritz

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: greater kudu, predation, tragelaphus strepsiceros, vigilance

2012

Factors affecting wounding aggression in a colony of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Robert C. Williams, Leanne T. Nash, Clara JoAnn Scarry, Elaine N. Videan, Jo Fritz

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: apes, captive management, psychological well-being

2010

Heart disease is common in humans and chimpanzees, but is caused by different pathological processes

Authors: Nissi Varki, Dan Anderson, James G. Herndon, Tho Pham, Christopher J. Gregg, Monica Cheriyan, James Murphy, Elizabeth Strobert, Jo Fritz, James G. Else, Ajit Varki

Publication/Journal: Evolutionary Applications

Keywords: atherosclerosis, evolution, great ape, heart attacks, heart disease, heart failure, hominids, myocardial fibrosis.

2009

Puberty in female cavies (Cavia aperea) is affected by photoperiod and social conditions

Authors: Fritz Trillmich, Birte Mueller, Sylvia Kaiser, Jana Krause

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cavia aperea, cortisol, maturation, photoperiod, puberty, seasonality, vandenbergh effect, zeitgeber

2009

Differences in fecal particle size between free-ranging and captive individuals of two browser species

Authors: Jürgen Hummel, Julia Fritz, Ellen Kienzle, E. Patricia Medici, Stefanie Lang, Waltraut Zimmermann, W. Jürgen Streich, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: browser, captive diet, grazer, mastication, ruminant, teeth

2008

Endocrine and behavioral changes in male African elephants: Linking hormone changes to sexual state and reproductive tactics

Authors: Henrik B. Rasmussen, Andre Ganswindt, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Fritz Vollrath

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgens, elephants, glucocorticoids, musth, reproductive tactics, stress

2008

Development of guidelines for assessing obesity in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Elaine N. Videan, Jo Fritz, James Murphy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: body composition, body weight, gender differences, morphometrics, overweight

2007

Behavioural reactions of elephants towards a dying and deceased matriarch

Authors: Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Shivani Bhalla, George Wittemyer, Fritz Vollrath

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: association analysis, compassion, radio-tracking, recognition

2006

Controllability in Environmental Enrichment for Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: E.N. Videan, J. Fritz, M.L. Schwandt, H.F. Smith, S. Howell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: chimpanzee, control, controllability, destructibility, environmental enrichment, pan troglodytes

2005