Acute social stress-induced immunomodulation in pigs high and low responders to ACTH
Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior
Keywords: catecholamines, cortisol, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis, neuroimmunomodulation, pig, stress
2017
Development of personality tests to use in the field, stable over time and across situations, and linked to horses’ show jumping performance
Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science
Keywords: activity, fearfulness, reactivity, rideability, tactile sensitivity, temperament
2016
Mate call as reward: Acoustic communication signals can acquire positive reinforcing values during adulthood in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)
Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology
Keywords: *animal mate selection, *animal mating behavior, *animal vocalizations, *bird song, *female animals, birds, operant conditioning, reinforcement
2016
Physiological and behavioural responses of a small heterothermic mammal to fire stimuli
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
Publication/Journal: Ethology
Keywords: greater kudu, predation, tragelaphus strepsiceros, vigilance
2012
Factors affecting wounding aggression in a colony of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
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
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
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
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
Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior
Keywords: androgens, elephants, glucocorticoids, musth, reproductive tactics, stress
2008