Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building

Authors: Alexandra G. Rosati, Kris H. Sabbi, Margaret A. H. Bryer, Paige Barnes, Joshua Rukundo, Titus Mukungu, Phillip Sekulya, Innocent Ampeire, Hillary Aligumisiriza, Stanley Kyama, Joseph Masereka, Winnie Nabukeera, Amos Okello, Boris Waiga, Seezi Atwijuze, Natalia Camargo Peña, Averill Cantwell, Elisa Felsche, Kelly Flores-Mendoza, Safa Mohamed, Isabelle Monroe, Megan Mulhinch, Kathleen O'Gorman, Julia Salamango, Rayna Shamah, Emily Otali, Richard W. Wrangham, Zarin P. Machanda

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, capacity building, observations, sanctuaries, welfare

2023

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

Spatial considerations for captive snakes

Authors: Clifford Warwick, Phillip Arena, Catrina Steedman

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: captive, enclosure, husbandry, snake, space, stress

2019

Effects of captivity on house mice behaviour in a novel environment: Implications for conservation practices

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Adam J. Munn, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, captive breeding, captivity, phenotypic plasticity, reintroduction, transgenerational effects

2017

A novel approach to studying enclosure and support usage in siamangs: using a 3D computer model

Authors: Colleen Goh, Mary L Blanchard, Karl T Bates, Phillip L Manning, Robin H Crompton

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: 3d model, behaviour, captive primates, enclosure usage, locomotion, support usage

2017

Testing the effect of dietary carotenoids on larval survival, growth and development in the critically endangered southern corroboree frog

Authors: Phillip G. Byrne, Aimee J. Silla

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: amphibian, antioxidant, captive breeding, conservation, diet, nutrition

2017

What role does heritability play in transgenerational phenotypic responses to captivity? Implications for managing captive populations

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, heritability, natural selection, phenotype, transgenerational effects, transgenerational plasticity

2017

Environmental change alters personality in the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Authors: Ashley J. Frost, Jack S. Thomson, Charlotte Smith, Hannah C. Burton, Ben Davis, Phillip C. Watts, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: behavioural plasticity, boldness, coping style, hypoxia, oncorhynchus-mykiss, predation risk, rainbow-trout, temperature

2013

Suitability of Amphibians and Reptiles for Translocation

Authors: Jennifer M. Germano, Phillip J. Bishop

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: herpetofauna, population supplementation, reintroduction, relocation, repatriation, translocation

2009

Ultrasonography of reproductive structures and hormonal correlates of follicular development in female American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, in southwest Louisiana

Authors: Valentine A. Lance, David C. Rostal, Ruth M. Elsey, Phillip L. Trosclair

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: alligators reproduction ovarian follicles eggs vitellogenesis gonadal steroids ultrasonography

2009

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