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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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A review of interspecific social play among nonhuman animals

Authors: Heather J. B. Brooks, Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: animal play, cognition, communication, Heterospecific play, Interspecies play, Reddit, social play, species recognition, youtube

2023

Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) personality: A rating assessment with ex Situ Conservation Program sample

Authors: Yulán Úbeda, Victoria Asensio, Antonio Rivas, Rodrigo Serra, Jaume Fatjó, Miquel Llorente, Francisco Villaespesa

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: felids, lynx, personality

2021

Lactation and suckling behavior in the Iberian lynx

Authors: Javier Yerga, Javier Calzada, Xavier Manteca, Irene Herrera, Astrid Vargas, Antonio Rivas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, litter size, maternal behavior, sex

2016

A Brief Glimpse at the Long Evolutionary History of Play

Authors: Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animals, evolution, play, play definition, play functions, play origins, surplus resource theory

2014

Early development and growth in captive-born Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Authors: Javier Yerga, Javier Calzada, Xavier Manteca, Astrid Vargas, Antonio Rivas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: early development, growth, iberian lynx, rearing method, sex

2014

Prey availability influences the ontogeny and timing of chemoreception-based prey shifting in the striped crayfish snake, Regina alleni

Authors: R. Mark Waters, Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chemoreception, crayfish snake, ontogeny, prey availability

2013

Long-Term Retention of Visual Tasks by Two Species of Emydid Turtles, Pseudemys nelsoni and Trachemys scripta

Authors: K.M. Davis, G.M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, learning, long-term retention, reptiles, turtles

2012

Perspectives – Minimizing Observer Bias in Behavioral Studies: A Review and Recommendations

Authors: G.M. Burghardt, J.N. Bartmess-LeVasseur, S.A. Browning, K.E. Morrison, C.L. Stec, C.E. Zachau, T.M. Freeberg

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: behavioral studies, behavioural studies, observer bias, perspectives

2012

The Use of a Running Wheel to Measure Activity in Rodents: Relationship to Energy Balance, General Activity, and Reward

Authors: C.M. Novak, P.R. Burghardt, J.A. Levine

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: brain, energy balance, reward, running wheel, wheel-running activity

2012

Stimulus control of lingual predatory luring and related foraging tactics of mangrove saltmarsh snakes (nerodia clarkii compressicauda)

Authors: Kerry A. Hansknecht, Gordon M. Burghardt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chemoreception, multimodal enhancement, plasticity, sensory complementation, vision

2010

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