‘Bearly’ Changing with the Seasons: Bears of Five Species Show Few Behavioral Changes Across Seasons and at Varying Visitor Densities

Authors: L.M. Bernstein-Kurtycz, D. Koester, R. Snyder, J. Vonk, M.A. Willia, K. E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: bear behavior, COVID-19, crowd size, daily attendance, season, visitor effect

2021

How access to exhibit space impacts the behavior of female tigers (Panthera tigris)

Authors: A. Miller, K.A. Leighty, M.A. Maloney, C.W. Kuhar, T.L. Bettinger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliation, aggression, conflict avoidance, management practices, panthera tigris

2011

Staying Cool, Keeping Strong: Incubation Temperature Affects Performance in a Freshwater Turtle

Authors: M.A. Micheli-Campbell, H. A. Campbell, R. L. Cramp, D. T. Booth, C. E. Franklin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: climate change, conservation physiology, elusor macrurus, hatchling, righting response, swimming performance

2011

Positive reinforcement training as enrichment for singly housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: K.C. Baker, M.A. Bloomsmith, K. Neu, C. Griffis, M. Maloney

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioral management, behavioural management, human interaction, laboratory primates, positive reinforcement training, single housing

2010

Infant cradling in a captive mother gorilla

Authors: Carolyn Begg-Reid, Michael A. Schillaci

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cradling, gorilla gorilla, handedness, laterality, primates

2008

Behavioral responses to the zoo environment by white handed gibbons

Authors: C.M. Cooke, M.A. Schillaci

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captive behavior, gibbons, hylobates lar, scratching, territoriality, zoo visitors

2007

Computer-assisted enrichment for zoo-housed orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

Authors: L.R. Tarou, C.W. Kuhar, D. Adcock, M.A. Bloomsmith, T.L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichmennt, great apes, non-human primates, orangutans, psychological well-being

2004

Habituation, capture and relocation of Sykes monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus) on the coast of Kenya

Authors: N.N. Moinde, M.A. Suleman, H. Higashi, J. Hau

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cercopithecus mitis albotorquatus, conservation, release, relocation, sykes monkeys

2004

Stereotypic swaying and serum cortisol concentrations in three captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: M.L. Wilson, M.A. Bloomsmith, T.L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: african elephant, animal welfare, cortisol, management, stereotypic behavior, stereotypic behaviour

2004