Using a Touchscreen Paradigm to Evaluate Food Preferences and Response to Novel Photographic Stimuli of Food in Three Primate Species (Gorilla gorilla gorilla, Pan troglodytes, and Macaca fuscata)

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Sarah L Jacobson, Crystal L Egelkamp, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Primatology

Keywords: photograph, preference testing, primate, touchscreen, welfare, worth valuations

2020

Behavioural response of zoo-housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) to changes in exhibit and social group

Authors: E. J. Anderson, R. B. Weladji, P. Pare

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, exhibit, group formation, habituation, primates, translocation, welfare

2019

Neurophysiological correlates of stereotypic behaviour in a model carnivore species

Authors: M. Diez-Leon, L. Kitchenham, R. Duprey, C. D. C. Bailey, E. Choleris, M. Lewis, G. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: basal ganglia, Dorsal striatum, environmental enrichment, Index Medicus, mink, stereotypic behaviour, Ventral striatum

2019

The Social Rank of Zoo-Housed Japanese Macaques is a Predictor of Visitor-Directed Aggression

Authors: Jocelyn M. Woods, Stephen R. Ross, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, elo-rating, hierarchy, primate behavior, visitor effects, zoo animal welfare

2019

Time constraints imposed by anthropogenic environments alter social behaviour in longtailed macaques

Authors: Pascal R. Marty, Brianne Beisner, Stefano S. K. Kaburu, Krishna Balasubramaniam, Eliza Bliss-Moreau, Nadine Ruppert, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Ahmad Ismail, Małgorzata E. Arlet, Edward R. Atwill, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic environment, human–wildlife interactions, nonhuman primates, social interactions, stress, time constraints

2019

Alpha male status and availability of conceptive females are associated with high glucocorticoid concentrations in high-ranking male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during the mating season

Authors: Krista M. Milich, Alexander V. Georgiev, Rachel M. Petersen, Melissa Emery Thompson, Dario Maestripieri

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: dominance rank, glucocorticoids, mating season

2018

Coping style and cortisol levels in infancy predict hair cortisol following new group formation in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Authors: Julie B. Linden, John P. Capitanio, Brenda McCowan, Lynne A. Isbell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: glucocorticoids, personality, social instability

2018

Evaluating mood changes in response to anthropogenic noise with a response-slowing task in three species of zoo-housed primates

Authors: K. A. Cronin, E. J. Bethell, S. L. Jacobson, C. Egelkamp, L. M. Hopper, S. R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: affect, gorilla gorilla, macaca fuscata, mood, noise, pan troglodytes, response slowing, zoo

2018

Personality, environmental stressors, and diarrhea in Rhesus macaques: An interactionist perspective

Authors: Daniel H. Gottlieb, Laura Del Rosso, Farnoosh Sheikhi, Andrea Gottlieb, Brenda McCowan, John P. Capitanio

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: diarrhea, macaque, personality, primate, temperament

2018

Social play among juvenile wild Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) strengthens their social bonds

Authors: Masaki Shimada, Cédric Sueur

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: development, kinkazan, social bond, social network, social play

2018

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