Influence of food physical properties and environmental context on manipulative behaviors highlighted by new methodological approaches in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Caroline Gérard, Ameline Bardo, Jean Pascal Guéry, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Victor Narat, Bruno Simmen

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobos, evolution, manipulative abilities, nonhuman primate, pan paniscus

2024

How Sanctuary Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Use Space after Being Introduced to a Large Outdoor Habitat

Authors: Amy Fultz, Akie Yanagi, Sarah Breaux, Leilani Beaupre, Nick Naitove

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: indoor/outdoor enclosures, space use, species-typical behavior, welfare

2023

Day Time Activity Budgets, Height Utilization and Husbandry of Two Zoo-Housed Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)

Authors: Katherine Finch, Amy Humphreys

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: activity budget, behaviour, Dendrolagus, enclosure use, tree kangaroo, understudied

2022

Identification of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) faecal cortisol metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and enzyme immunoassays

Authors: Flavia Santamaria, Christopher K Barlow, Rolf Schlagloth, Ralf B Schittenhelm, Rupert Palme, Joerg Henning

Publication/Journal: Metabolites

Keywords: faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hplc, koala, LC-MS, non-invasive, phascolarctos cinereus, stress

2021

The nocturnal activity of a commonly housed rodent: How African pygmy dormice (Graphiurus murinus) respond to an enriched environment

Authors: Geminni PSA Lang, Paul E Rose, Steve M Nash, Lisa M Riley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Behavior

Keywords: behavioral repertoires, Graphiurus murinus, nest box, space use, welfare

2020

Same Space, Different Species: The Influence of Exhibit Design on the Expression of Zoo-Housed Apes’ Species-Typical Retiring Behaviors

Authors: Samantha C Earl, Lydia M Hopper, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzee, exhibit design, gorilla, gorilla gorilla, nesting, pan troglodytes, space use

2020

Recapturing the canopy: stimulating Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) natural locomotion behaviour in a zoo environment

Authors: Tom S Roth, Thomas R Bionda, Elisabeth H M Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: body postures, enclosure design, great apes, movement patterns, positional behaviour, zoo welfare

2017

Parent–offspring behavior of Jambu fruit doves (Ptilinopus jambu)

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Elizabeth Vickerman, John Sahrmann, Tammy Garrett, Denise Leonard, Karen L. Bauman, Cheryl S. Asa

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: brooding, columbidae, feeding, parental behavior, squab

2016

Behavioral thermoregulation in a group of zoo-housed colobus monkeys (Colobus guereza)

Authors: Jason D. Wark, Christopher W. Kuhar, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: colobus, concrete, shade use, thermoregulation, zoo

2014

Hit or miss: branch structure affects perch choice, behaviour, distance and accuracy of brown tree snakes bridging gaps

Authors: Bruce C. Jayne, Andrew M. Lehmkuhl, Michael A. Riley

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: arboreal, boiga irregularis, fitts's law, habitat structure, locomotion, performance

2014