Effects of Crowd Size, Composition, and Noise Level On Pool Use in a Mixed-Species Penguin Colony

Authors: A. N. Edes, E. Baskir, K. L. Bauman, N. Chandrasekharan, M. Macek, A. Tieber

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: behavior, decibel, visitor effects, welfare, zoo

2021

The effects of kennel size and exercise on the behaviour and stress physiology of individually-housed greyhounds

Authors: E. C. Jongman, K. L. Butler, P. H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: exercise, greyhounds, housing, space allowance, welfare

2018

Validation of scan sampling techniques for behavioural observations of pastured lambs

Authors: A. N. Pullin, M. D. Pairis-Garcia, M. R. Campler, K. L. Proudfoot

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, lamb, pasture, scan sampling, sheep, validation

2017

Investigating temporary acyclicity in a captive group of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Relationship between management, adrenal activity and social factors

Authors: K. L. Edwards, J. Trotter, M. Jones, J. L. Brown, H. W. Steinmetz, S. L. Walker

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: animal welfare, asian elephant, birth synchrony, central mechanisms, chemical communication, dominance status, endocrinology & metabolism, enzyme immunoassay, estrous synchrony, glucocorticoids, loxodonta-africana elephants, management, oestrous synchrony, ovarian activity, reproduction, reproductive cyclicity, temporary acyclicity, zoo elephants

2016

Serotonin 1A agonism decreases affiliative behavior in pair-bonded titi monkeys

Authors: Rebecca H. Larke, Nicole Maninger, Benjamin J. Ragen, Sally P. Mendoza, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: 8-oh-dpat, cortisol, monogamy, oxytocin, pair-bonding, primate, social behavior, vasopressin

2016

Early rearing experience is associated with vasopressin immunoreactivity but not reactivity to an acute non-social stressor in the prairie vole

Authors: Allison M. Perkeybile, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: biparental care, corticotropin releasing hormone, forced swim test, natural variation, prairie vole, vasopressin

2015

Lateralization of behavior in dairy cows in response to conspecifics and novel persons

Authors: C. J. C. Phillips, H. Oevermans, K. L. Syrett, A. Y. Jespersen, G. P. Pearce

Publication/Journal: Journal of Dairy Science

Keywords: dairy cow, dominance, hemispheric processing, visual lateralization

2015

The effect of feeding enrichment methods on the behavior of captive Western lowland gorillas

Authors: E. B. Ryan, K. L. Proudfoot, D. Fraser

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: environmental enrichment, foraging behavior, gorilla, resource defense

2012