Case study: Modifying repetitive behavior in a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

Authors: Desirae Cambrelen, Melissa Nelson Slater

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: pacing, polar bears, stereotypic behavior, zoo

2022

Assessing North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Welfare

Authors: Katherine King, Melissa Joblon, Kerry McNally, Leigh Clayton, Heather Pettis, Peter Corkeron, Felicia Nutter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, animal welfare assessment, conservation, North Atlantic right whale

2021

Assessing saddle‐billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) pair‐bonds and breeding behavior using behavior observed during multiple breeding seasons

Authors: Chelsea J Weibel, Rebecca Abreu, Kris K Becker, Melissa Solomon, Gina M Ferrie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: breeding behavior, nesting behavior, pair bond, proximity, saddle-billed stork

2021

Getting It Straight: Accommodating Rectilinear Behavior in Captive Snakes—A Review of Recommendations and Their Evidence Base

Authors: Clifford Warwick, Rachel Grant, Catrina Steedman, Tiffani J Howell, Phillip C Arena, Angelo JL Lambiris, Ann-Elizabeth Nash, Mike Jessop, Anthony Pilny, Melissa Amarello

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: body posture, enclosure size, literature review, reptile husbandry, space

2021

Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: B Katherine Smith, Melissa J Remis, Ellen S Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla

2020

The stress of being alone: Removal from the colony, but not social subordination, increases fecal cortisol metabolite levels in eusocial naked mole-rats

Authors: Phoebe D Edwards, Skyler J Mooney, Curtis O Bosson, Ilapreet Toor, Rupert Palme, Melissa M Holmes, Rudy Boonstra

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: enzyme immunoassay, eusocial, fecal cortisol metabolites, isolation stress, naked mole-rat, social rank, social status, social stress

2020

Patterns in the long-term viability of North American zoo populations

Authors: Judy Che-Castaldo, Brent Johnson, Nicole Magrisso, Lauren Mechak, Kayla Melton, Katelyn Mucha, Lauren Terwilliger, Melissa Theis, Sarah Long, Lisa Faust

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: demography, extinction risk, genetic diversity, population viability analysis, sustainability

2019

Personality in Zoo-Hatched Blanding’s Turtles Affects Behavior and Survival After Reintroduction Into the Wild

Authors: Stephanie Allard, Grace Fuller, Lauri Torgerson-White, Melissa A. Starking, Teresa Yoder-Nowak

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, Blanding's turtle, conservation, personality, reintroduction, zoo

2019

Alpha male status and availability of conceptive females are associated with high glucocorticoid concentrations in high-ranking male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during the mating season

Authors: Krista M. Milich, Alexander V. Georgiev, Rachel M. Petersen, Melissa Emery Thompson, Dario Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dominance rank, glucocorticoids, mating season

2018

Behavioral and hormonal responses to the availability of forage material in Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Grace Fuller, Anna Murray, Melissa Thueme, Molly McGuire, Jennifer Vonk, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alfalfa, browse, feeding, glucocorticoids, regurgitation and reingestion, zoo

2018

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