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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Manual laterality for pointing gestures compared to grasping actions in guenons and mangabeys

Authors: Audrey Maille, Amandine Chapelain, Laure Déruti, Philippe Bec, Catherine Blois-Heulin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: broca's homologue, campbell's monkey, cercocebus torquatus, cercopithecus campbelli, communicative signal, hand preference, hemispheric specialization, red-capped mangabey

2013

Arboreality has allowed for the evolution of increased longevity in mammals

Authors: M. R. Shattuck, S. A. Williams

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Keywords: extrinsic mortality, marsupials, primates, senescence, terrestriality

2010

Cage sizes for tamarins in the laboratory

Authors: M.J. Prescott H.M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, breeding success, colony management, common marmoset, cotton-top tamarin, red-bellied tamarin

2004

What factors should determine cage sizes for primates in the laboratory

Authors: H.M. Buchanan-Smith, M.J. Prescott, N.J. Cross

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, arboreality, breeding success, colony management, primate, species-specific needs

2004

Behavioral evaluation of exhibit modifications designed to accommodate an aged diana monkey

Authors: Evan L. Zucker, Marsha Deitchman, Eve Watts

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: arboreality, cercopithecus diana, geriatrics, habitat use, terrestriality

1991

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