In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Molly McGuire, Jennifer M %J PeerJ Vonk

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: affect, gorilla, housing, response latency, response slowing, space

2020

Investigation of the efficacy of the GnRH agonist deslorelin in mitigating intraspecific aggression in captive male Amur leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Authors: Jessica J. Harley, Aisling Power, John D. Stack

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: agonistic behavior androgens, bachelor groups, testosterone

2019

Monitoring the social behavior of a bachelor mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) dyad participating in touchscreen-mediated cognitive testing

Authors: Austin Leeds, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affiliative behavior, animal welfare, cognitive enrichment, cognitive testing, mandrill

2019

Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Fail to Learn Abstract Cues of Differential Outcomes in a Novel Cognitive Bias Test

Authors: M. C. McGuire, J. Vonk

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: *cognitive bias, affect, conditional discrimination, gorillas, quantity

2018

A comparison of fecal steroid metabolite concentrations between harem and bachelor stallions in a free-Ranging population of przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii)

Authors: Maureen D'Souza-Anjo, Bruce W. Christensen, Kristin Brabender, Waltraut Zimmermann, Philip H. Kass, Franz Schwarzenberger

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: epi-andosterone, estrogen, sociosexual hierarchy, testosterone

2017

The effects of group type and young silverbacks on wounding rates in western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) groups in North American zoos

Authors: Austin Leeds, Dawn Boyer, Stephen R. Ross, Kristen E. Lukas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bachelor group, gorilla, management, welfare, wounding

2015

Mapping farm animal welfare education at university level in Europe

Authors: G. Illmann, L. Keeling, Meli,, M. ová, ime,, M. ková, V. Ilieski, C. Winckler, Ko,, L. t'ál, M. C. Meunier-Salaün, Mihina,, H. Spoolder, G. Fthenakis, R. árová, M. pinka

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal science, animal welfare, europe, farm animals, university education, veterinary medicine

2014

Personality and subjective well-being in captive male western lowland gorillas living in bachelor groups

Authors: Sarah A. Schaefer, H. Dieter Steklis

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captive management, conscientiousness, five-factor model, gorilla, personality, well-being

2014

The role of an alpha animal in changing environmental conditions

Authors: Riccarda Wolter, Norbert Pantel, Volker Stefanski, Erich Möstl, Konstanze Krueger

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: alpha male, bachelor group, equus ferus przewalskii, group structure, horse

2014