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

How practice makes perfect: the role of persistence, flexibility and learning in problem-solving efficiency

Authors: Pizza Ka Yee Chow, Stephen E. G. Lea, Lisa A. Leaver

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: effective behaviour, efficiency, flexibility, grey squirrels, ineffective behaviour, learning, learning ability, persistence, problem solving

2016

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

Testosterone has antidepressant-like efficacy and facilitates imipramine-induced neuroplasticity in male rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress

Authors: Steven R. Wainwright, Joanna L. Workman, Amir Tehrani, Dwayne K. Hamson, Carmen Chow, Stephanie E. Lieblich, Liisa A. M. Galea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: androgens, antidepressant, chronic unpredictable stress, depression, hippocampus, neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, psa-ncam, testosterone

2016

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

Differences in Titi Monkey (Callicebus cupreus) Social Bonds Affect Arousal, Affiliation, and Response to Reward

Authors: B. J. Ragen, S. P. Mendoza, W. A. Mason, K. L. Bales

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: attachment, callicebus, reward, social bond, sweet

2012

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

Integrating microsatellite and pedigree analyses to facilitate the captive management of the endangered Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla)

Authors: J. R. Henkel, K. L. Jones, S. G. Hereford, M. L. Savoie, S. P. Leibo, J. J. Howard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: founder relatedness, grus canadensis pulla, studbooks

2012

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