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

Olfactory enrichment and scent cue associative learning in captive birds of prey

Authors: Melissa Nelson Slater, Mark E. Hauber

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: eagles, enrichment, olfaction, vultures

2017

Welfare Impacts of Spay/Neuter-Focused Outreach on Companion Animals in New York City Public Housing

Authors: Emily D. Dolan, Emily Weiss, Margaret R. Slater

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal shelter, cats, dogs, outreach, spay/neuter

2017

Chimpanzees share food for many reasons: the role of kinship, reciprocity, social bonds and harassment on food transfers

Authors: Joan B. Silk, Sarah F. Brosnan, Joseph Henrich, Susan P. Lambeth, Steven Shapiro

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: altruism, chimpanzee, food sharing, pan troglodytes, prosociality, reciprocity, tolerated theft

2013

Community Partnering as a Tool for Improving Live Release Rate in Animal Shelters in the United States

Authors: Emily Weiss, Gary Patronek, Margaret Slater, Laurie Garrison, Karen Medicus

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal shelters, community partnership, live release rate

2013

An experimental study of duet integration in the happy wren, Pheugopedius felix

Authors: Christopher N. Templeton, Nigel I. Mann, Alejandro A. Ríos-Chelén, Esmeralda Quiros-Guerrero, Constantino Macías Garcia, Peter J. B. Slater

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *animal cognition, birdsong, duetting, happy wren, pheugopedius felix, reaction time, signal processing, song type selection, vocal communication

2013

Current use of and attitudes towards identification in cats and dogs in veterinary clinics in Oklahoma City, USA

Authors: M. R. Slater, E. Weiss, L. K. Lord

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, identification tag, lost cat, lost dog, stray cat

2012

Inferential and visual analysis of ethogram data using multivariate techniques

Authors: R. Stafford, A.E. Goodenough, K. Slater, W. Carpenter, L. Collins, H. Cruickshank, S. Downing, S. Hall, K. McDonald, H. McDonnell, B. Overs, L. Spiers, M. Stetter, H. Zitzer, A.G. Hart

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: activity budget, bootstrap, confidence interval, crab, dog, elephant, ethogram, principal component analysis, tiger

2012

Using Differential Reinforcement to Improve Equine Welfare: Shaping Appropriate Truck Loading and Feet Handling

Authors: C. Slater, S. Dymond

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: autoshaping, changing criterion, common handling, differential reinforcement, horses, multiple baseline, positive reinforcement, shaping, sign tracking

2011

Re: “The Poor Contribution of Chimpanzee Experiments to Biomedical Progress”

Authors: Kenneth J. Shapiro

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: biomedical-research, chimpanzees

2009