Environmental enrichment improves cognitive flexibility in rainbow trout in a visual discrimination task: first insights

Authors: Valentin Brunet, Thomas Lafond, Aude Kleiber, Léa Lansade, Ludovic Calandreau, Violaine Colson

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords:

2023

An Improvement in Enclosure Design Can Positively Impact Welfare, Reduce Aggressiveness and Stabilise Hierarchy in Captive Galapagos Giant Tortoises

Authors: Léa Fieschi-Méric, Charlotte Ellis, Francesca Servini, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: agonistic interactions, animal welfare, enclosure change, Galapagos tortoises, habituation, zoo-based management

2022

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

The Effect of Visitors on Zoo Reptile Behaviour during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Isabel AT Keane, Lisa M Clifforde, Lewis J Rowden, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: ethology, ex situ, human-animal interactions, lockdown, reptile, visitors absence

2021

Investigating the Effect of Disturbance on Prey Consumption in Captive Congo Caecilians Herpele squalostoma

Authors: Kimberley C Carter, Léa Fieschi-Méric, Francesca Servini, Mark Wilkinson, David J Gower, Benjamin Tapley, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: amphibian, behavior, diet, nitrogenous waste, welfare, zoo research

2021

Development of personality tests to use in the field, stable over time and across situations, and linked to horses’ show jumping performance

Authors: Léa Lansade, Pascaline Philippon, Lucile Hervé, Marianne Vidament

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity, fearfulness, reactivity, rideability, tactile sensitivity, temperament

2016

A few days of social separation affects yearling horses’ response to emotional reactivity tests and enhances learning performance

Authors: Léa Lansade, Claire Neveux, Frédéric Levy

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: fearfulness, habituation, instrumental, isolation, memory, training

2012

Horses’ learning performances are under the influence of several temperamental dimensions

Authors: Léa Lansade, Faustine Simon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avoidance task, equus-caballus, fearfulness, learning, personality, temperament

2010

Temperament in preweanling horses: Development of reactions to humans and novelty, and startle responses

Authors: L. Lansade, M. F. Bouissou, X. Boivin

Publication/Journal: Developmental Psychobiology

Keywords: approach/avoidance reactions, equus-caballus, fearfulness, foals, horses, novelty, ontogeny, reactions to humans, startle response, temperament

2007