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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.
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The effect of cage size on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G Borgmans, R Palme, A Sannen, H Vervaecke, R Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cage size, captivity, green anole, reptiles, stress

2019


The effect of environmental provisioning on stress levels in captive green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: G. Borgmans, R. Palme, A. Sannen, H. Vervaecke, R. Van Damme

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, captivity, environmental provisioning, green anole, reptiles, stress

2018


Rapid body color brightening is associated with exposure to a stressor in an Anolis lizard

Authors: Jane FF Boyer, Lindsey Swierk

Publication/Journal: Canadian Journal of Zoology

Keywords: Anolis (Norops) aquaticus, cryptic, metachrosis, physiological color change, stress, water anole

2017


The Emergence and Behavioral Stability of Social Status in Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis) Dyads

Authors: W. J. Farrell, D. T. Nair, B. M. Miller, A. M. Zigler

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: aggression, agonistic, anolis carolinensis, dominant, green anole, social status, subordinate

2016


The Burden of Motherhood: The Effect of Reproductive Load on Female Lizard Locomotor, Foraging, and Social Behavior

Authors: M. A. Johnson, J. L. Caton, R. E. Cohen, J. R. Vandecar, J. Wade

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: behavioral monitoring, reproduction, reproductive load

2010


Social Influences on Female Choice in Green Anole Lizards (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: J. E. Stellar, D. J. White

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: green anole, mate choice, social influences

2010


Social status differentiates rapid neuroendocrine responses to restraint stress

Authors: Travis J. Ling, Gina L. Forster, Michael J. Watt, Wayne J. Korzan, KKenneth J. Renner, Cliff H. Summers

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: amygdala, anolis carolinensis, corticosterone, dopamine, lizard, raphé, restraint, serotonin, social status

2009


Whole-body nutrient composition of various ages of captive-bred bearded dragons (Pogona vitteceps) and adult wild anoles (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: Jennifer J. Cosgrove, Donald H. Beermann, William A. House, Barbara D. Toddes, Ellen S. Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: nutrition, reptile, whole-prey composition

2002


The Effects of Social Experience on Aggressive Behavior in the Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis)

Authors: Eun-Jin Yang, Steven M. Phelps, David Crews, Walter Wilczynski

Publication/Journal: Ethology

Keywords: aggression, anolis carolinensis, body color, dominance, eyespot darkness, green anole lizrd, stress, territoriality

2001


Sensory response patterns and the evolution of visual signal design in anoline lizards

Authors: M. H. Persons, L. J. Fleishman, M. A. Frye, M. E. Stimphil

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Keywords: anolis, brightness, color, dewlap, optic tectum

1999


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