Can colored object enrichment reduce the escape behavior of captive freshwater turtles?

Authors: Callum C Bannister, Angus JC Thomson, Mirela Cuculescu‐Santana

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral types, olfactory cues, Pseudemys sp., Trachemys scripta ssp.

2021

Interest in coloured objects and behavioural budgets of individual captive freshwater turtles

Authors: Angus James Campbell Thomson, Callum Craig Bannister, Reece Taylor Marshall, Natasha McNeil, Donna Maria Mear, Susie Lovick-Earle, Mirela Cuculescu-Santana

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: enrichment, escape behaviour, novelty stress

2021

Sex and Age Differences in Activity Budgets in a Population of Captive African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus)

Authors: Trystin Figel, Sean P Coyne, Kirsten Martin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: African penguins, aquatic birds, Captive animal behavior, endangered animal welfare

2021

Challenges and solutions: An analysis of community-reported needs of AZA collaboratively managed animal populations

Authors: Lauren Wilson, Candice Dorsey, Donald Moore

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: population health, population management, SSP program, sustainability

2019

Reproductive Viability Analysis (RVA) as a new tool for ex situ population management

Authors: Karen Bauman, John Sahrmann, Ashley Franklin, Cheryl Asa, Mary Agnew, Kathy Traylor-Holzer, David Powell

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ex situ, reproductive success, sustainability

2019

Impact of mimicking natural dispersion on breeding success of captive North American Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Authors: Sierra J. Gillman, Karen Ziegler-Meeks, Carol Eager, Thomas A. Tenhundfeld, Wendy Shaffstall, Mary Jo Stearns, Adrienne E. Crosier

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: aza, breeding, carnivore, cheetah, ssp

2017

Reproductive behavior of the great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Karen L. Bauman, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: buceros, great hornbill, mate compatibility, pair bond, reproduction

2015

Enrichment options for African painted dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Authors: Tammy L. Cloutier, Jane M. Packard

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, canid, carnivores, enrichment, stereotypic

2014

I like my dog, does my dog like me?

Authors: Therese Rehn, Ulrika Lindholm, Linda Keeling, Björn Forkman

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behaviour, canine, human-animal relationship, mdors, strange situation procedure

2014

Nutrition of the captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla): A dietary survey

Authors: B. K. Smith, M. J. Remis, E. S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, gorilla, nutrition, primate, survey

2014