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

Risk-averse personalities have a systemically potentiated neuroendocrine stress axis: A multilevel experiment in Parus major

Authors: Alexander T. Baugh, Rebecca A. Senft, Marian Firke, Abigail Lauder, Julia Schroeder, Simone L. Meddle, Kees van Oers, Michaela Hau

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: acth, behavioral syndromes, corticosterone, dexamethasone, glucocorticoid receptor, hpa axis, mineralocorticoid receptor, negative feedback, personality, stress

2017

Facial expressions and other behavioral responses to pleasant and unpleasant tastes in cats (Felis silvestris catus)

Authors: Michaela Hanson, Susan M. Jojola, Nancy E. Rawson, Melissa Crowe, Matthias Laska

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, cat, felis silvestris catus, l-proline, quinine monohydrochloride, taste reactivity

2016

A novel approach to systematically compare behavioural patterns between and within groups of horses

Authors: Andrea D. Ellis, Melissa Stephenson, Michaela Preece, Pat Harris

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: calm, comparative behaviour, equine, excitable, heart rates, salivary cortisol, temperament

2014

Evaluation of an alternative to feeding whole frozen fish in belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)

Authors: Lisa M. Mazzaro, Julie P. Richmond, Jessica N. Morgan, Michaela E. Kluever, J. Lawrence Dunn, Tracy A. Romano, Steven A. Zinn, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: blood chemistry, body condition, cetacean, fatty acid, fish alternative

2011

Predator and Heterospecific Stimuli Alter Behaviour in Cattle

Authors: B. M. Kluever, L. D. Howery, S. W. Breck, D. L. Bergman

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: foraging behavior, foraging behaviour, giving-up density, mountain lion, mule deer, vigilance, wolf

2009

Rehabilitation of research chimpanzees: Stress and coping after long-term isolation

Authors: Michaela Reimers, Franz Schwarzenberger, Signe Preuschoft

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: boldness, chimpanzee, cortisol, deprivation, dominance, novelty, rehabilitation, resocialization, social initiation, stress

2007