Visitor impacts on social dynamics and space use in captive Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in a naturalistic zoo exhibit: A new methodological approach

Authors: Hugo Leroy, Calogero Montedoro, Jean-Pascal Guery, Thierry Hance

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal interactions, Naturalistic zoo exhibit, Ripley’s function, visitor effect, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare

2024

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as an indicator of adrenocortical activity in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and recommendations for future studies

Authors: Malin Larm, Anne Lene Hovland, Rupert Palme, Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Andrea L Miller, Arild Landa, Anders Angerbjörn, Nina E Eide

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: arctic fox, fecal glucocorticoid

2021

Activity budget and social interactions in semi-captive gray woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha cana) living in an ex situ conservation area in Central Amazonia

Authors: Bárbara Cartagena-Matos, Thierry Gasnier, Mariana Cravo-Mota, Bruna Martins Bezerra

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: atelidae, behavior, neotropics, semi-captivity

2017

Do shelter dogs engage in social referencing with their caregiver in an approach paradigm? An exploratory study

Authors: Charlotte Duranton, Thierry Bedossa, Florence Gaunet

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: approach paradigm, canis familiaris, shelter dogs, social referencing

2017

Socially-induced variation in physiological mediators of parental care in a colonial bird

Authors: Michaël Beaulieu, André Ancel, Olivier Chastel, François Criscuolo, Thierry Raclot

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: antioxidants, ecophysiology, hormones, parental care, social environment, sociophysiology

2017

When facing an unfamiliar person, pet dogs present social referencing based on their owners’ direction of movement alone

Authors: Charlotte Duranton, Thierry Bedossa, Florence Gaunet

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: approach paradigm, dog-human interaction, molossoid dog, shepherd dog, social referencing

2016

New insights into the huddling dynamics of emperor penguins

Authors: André Ancel, Caroline Gilbert, Nicolas Poulin, Michaël Beaulieu, Bernard Thierry

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggregation, antarctica, aptenodytes forsteri, energy saving, environment, huddling, social thermoregulation

2015

Assessment of landscape-scale distribution of sympatric great apes in African rainforests: Concurrent use of nest and camera-trap surveys

Authors: Yoshihiro Nakashima, Yuji Iwata, Chieko Ando, Chimene Nze Nkoguee, Eiji Inoue, Etienne-Francois Okoue Akomo, Philippe Mbehang Nguema, Thierry Diop Bineni, Ludovic Ngok Banak, Yuji Takenoshita, Alfred Ngomanda, Juichi Yamagiwa

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: camera trap, distance sampling, gabon, nest, sympatric apes

2013

Consistency of dominance rank order: A comparison of David’s scores with I&SI and Bayesian methods in macaques

Authors: K. N. Balasubramaniam, C. M. Berman, A. De Marco, K. Dittmar, B. Majolo, H. Ogawa, B. Thierry, H. De Vries

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bayesian estimation, david's score, dominance ranks, dyadic dominance indices, i&s*i, macaques

2013

Decreased prolactin levels reduce parental commitment, egg temperatures, and breeding success of incubating male Adélie penguins

Authors: Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Sophie Brajon, Sylvie Massemin, Yves Handrich, Olivier Chastel, Thierry Raclot

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: bromocriptine, corticosterone, egg rotation rate, egg temperature, incubation behavior, parental care, prolactin, pygoscelis adeliae, seabird

2013

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