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Food preferences and nutrient composition in captive Southern brown howler monkeys, Alouatta guariba clamitans

Authors: P. Silveira, W. Valler Í, Z. M. B. Hirano, A. N. Dada, M. Laska, L. T. H. Salazar

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: alouatta, alouatta guariba clamitans, animals, correlational analysis, female, food preference, haplorhini, humans, male, nutrient composition, nutrients, Southern brown howler monkey

2024

Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates

Authors: Stefano Vaglio, Stefano SK Kaburu, Richard Pearce, Luke Bryant, Ailie McAuley, Alexandria Lott, Demi J Sheppard, Sarah Smith, Beth E Tompkins, Emily J Elwell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: fecal cortisol, olfactory enrichment, primates, stress, zoo welfare

2021

Effects of scent enrichment on behavioral and physiological indicators of stress in zoo primates

Authors: Stefano Vaglio, Stefano SK Kaburu, Richard Pearce, Luke Bryant, Ailie McAuley, Alexandria Lott, Demi J Sheppard, Sarah Smith, Beth E Tompkins, Emily J Elwell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: essential oils, fecal cortisol, social interactions, stereotypic behaviors

2021

Validation of an enzyme immunoassay and comparison of fecal cortisol metabolite levels in black and gold howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya) inhabiting fragmented and continuous areas of the humid Chaco region, Argentina

Authors: Verónica Inés Cantarelli, Maria Amparo Perez-Rueda, Martin M. Kowalewski, Gabriela F. Mastromonaco, Marina Flavia Ponzio

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: caraya, cortisol, feces, fragmentation, glucocorticoids

2017

Hematological parameters and the variations resulting from stress of Alouatta caraya during a wildlife rescue program in Brazil

Authors: Angélica María Sánchez-Sarmiento, Ticiana Zwarg, Renata Carolina Fernandes-Santos, Thaís Guimarães-Luiz, Alexander Genoy-Puerto, Eliana Reiko Matushima

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, capture, complete blood count, environmental impact, neotropical primates

2015

Analysing small-scale aggregation in animal visits in space and time: the ST-BBD method

Authors: Tyler R. Bonnell, Pierre Dutilleul, Colin A. Chapman, Rafael Reyna-Hurtado, Raul Uriel Hernández-Sarabia, Raja Sengupta

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: agent-based model, animal movement, beta-binomial distribution, folivore, frugivore, habitat use, monkey, small-scale aggregation, spatiotemporal point pattern analysis

2013

Behavioral and physiological responses to subgroup size and number of people in howler monkeys inhabiting a forest fragment used for nature-based tourism

Authors: Adriana R. Aguilar-Melo, Ellen Andresen, Jurgi Cristóbal-Azkarate, Victor Arroyo-Rodríguez, Roberto Chavira, Jorge Schondube, Juan Carlos Serio-Silva, Alfredo D. Cuarón

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cortisol, forest fragmentation, primate conservation, stress, tourism, zoo

2013

Dietary Flexibility of the Brown Howler Monkey Throughout Its Geographic Distribution

Authors: ÓScar M. Chaves, JÚLio CÉSar Bicca-Marques

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: alouatta guariba clamitans, atlantic forest, forest fragmentation, generalist diet

2013

The effect of energetic and psychosocial stressors on glucocorticoids in mantled howler monkeys (Alouatta palliata)

Authors: Erendira Gómez-Espinosa, Ariadna Rangel-Negrín, Roberto Chavira, Domingo Canales-Espinosa, Pedro Américo D. Dias

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: agonism, cortisol metabolites, mantled howlers, mexico, reproductive state, stress

2013

Feeding and Resting Postures of Wild Northern Muriquis (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)

Authors: Maria F. Iurck, Matthew G. Nowak, Leny C. M. Costa, SÉRgio L. Mendes, Susan M. Ford, Karen B. Strier

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: body size, posture, substrate use, tail-suspension, terminal canopy

2013

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