Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs

Authors: Aimee Holland, Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Anita Hashmi, Jerome Catinaud, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: affiliative, felidae, Panthera tigris jacksoni, sociality, solitary, tiger, tolerance, welfare

2023

Enrichment with classical music enhances affiliative behaviours in bottlenose dolphin

Authors: Cécile Guérineau, Miina Lõoke, Giuseppe Ganassin, Daniela Bertotto, Martina Bortoletti, Laura Cavicchioli, Stefano Furlati, Paolo Mongillo, Lieta Marinelli

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, captive, cetacean, enrichment, social behavior, zoo

2022

An investigation into the Behavior, Sociality and Enclosure Use of Group-Housed Lions and Tigers

Authors: Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Fabio A Rausa, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, Giovanni Quintavalle

Publication/Journal: MedDocs

Keywords: affiliative behavior, felid, keeper, panthera leo, panthera tigris, paw treading, social interaction, social network

2021

Comparison of the Glucocorticoid Concentrations between Three Species of Lemuridae Kept in a Temporary Housing Facility

Authors: Martina Volfova, Zuzana Machovcova, Eva Voslarova, Iveta Bedanova, Vladimir Vecerek

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, faecal analysis, glucocorticoid metabolites, non-invasive, zoo

2020

How long does it take? Reliable personality assessment based on common behaviour in cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Authors: Michaela Masilkova, Alexander Weiss, Martina Konečná

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: animal personality, Behavioural observation, callitrichidae, consistency, Continuous focal recording

2018

Dogs’ coping styles and dog-handler relationships influence avalanche search team performance

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Laura Menchetti, Giacomo Riggio, Costanza Azzari, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avalanche search and rescue dogs, copying style, dog behaviour, dog-handler relationship

2017

Behavioural analysis of captive tigers (Panthera tigris): A water pool makes the difference

Authors: Cristina Biolatti, Paola Modesto, Daniela Dezzutto, Francesca Pera, Martina Tarantola, Maria Silvia Gennero, Cristiana Maurella, Pier Luigi Acutis

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: activity budget, behavioural analysis, enhanced welfare, p. tigris, zoo

2016

Loner or socializer? Ravens’ adrenocortical response to individual separation depends on social integration

Authors: Martina Stocker, Alexandru Munteanu, Mareike Stöwe, Christine Schwab, Rupert Palme, Thomas Bugnyar

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: common raven, corvus corax, fecal corticosterone metabolites, fission–fusion dynamics, glucocorticoids, separation, social network, social relationships, stress

2016

A simulated avalanche search and rescue mission induces temporary physiological and behavioural changes in military dogs

Authors: Silvana Diverio, Olimpia Barbato, Roberta Cavallina, Gabriella Guelfi, Martina Iaboni, Renato Zasso, Walter Di Mari, Michele Matteo Santoro, Toby G. Knowles

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: avalanche mission, cortisol, dog behaviour, dog physiology, heart rate, search and rescue dogs

2016

Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata

Authors: Mirjam Knörnschild, Martina Nagy, Markus Metz, Frieder Mayer, Otto von Helversen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: call convergence, greater sac-winged bat, horizontal learning, peer influence, saccopteryx bilineata, vocal learning

2012

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