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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Do mixed-species groups of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) synchronize their behaviour?

Authors: Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Eoin O'Sullivan, Genevieve Moat, Phyllis C. Lee, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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2023

The influence of olfactory enrichment on the behavior of two captive New World primates: Black‐capped capuchin (Sapajus apella) and common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Authors: Zoia M Wowk, Alison M Behie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, olfactory enrichment, primates, zoo

2022

Aggression and social support predict long-term cortisol levels in captive tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus Sapajus apella)

Authors: Allie E. Schrock, Corinne Leard, Meredith C. Lutz, Jerrold S. Meyer, Regina Paxton Gazes

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: hair cortisol, information centrality, social network analysis, stress

2019

A comparison of personality in the common and Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus and Saimiri boliviensis)

Authors: Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: agreeableness, animal ethology, animal personality, assertiveness, likert scales, monkeys, neuroticism, openness to experience, phylogenesis, primates (nonhuman)

2018

Is mixed-species living cognitively enriching? Enclosure use and welfare in two captive groups of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Authors: S. Daoudi, G. Badihi, H. M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: cognitive challenges, mixed species zoo exhibit, saimiri, sapajus, social enrichment, welfare

2017

Factors influencing the different performance of fish and primates on a dichotomous choice task

Authors: Laurent Prétôt, Redouan Bshary, Sarah F. Brosnan

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cebus [sapajus] apella, cognition, cue, decision-making, dichotomous choice task, ecological relevance, labroides dimidiatus

2016

Happiness is positive welfare in brown capuchins (Sapajus apella)

Authors: Lauren M. Robinson, Natalie K. Waran, Matthew C. Leach, F. Blake Morton, Annika Paukner, Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Ian Handel, Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Sarah F. Brosnan, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: capuchin, personality, primate, stereotypy, subjective well-being, welfare

2016

Mixed-species associations in cuxiús (genus Chiropotes)

Authors: Christopher A. Shaffer, Adrian A. Barnett, Tremaine Gregory, Fabiano de Melo, Leandro Moreira, Thiago H. G. Alvim, Viviane S. Moura, Anderson Filó, Tatiane Cardoso, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Ricardo Rodrigues dos Santos, Sarah A. Boyle

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bearded sakis, brazil, guyana, polyspecific association, suriname

2016

Capuchin monkeys with similar personalities have higher-quality relationships independent of age, sex, kinship and rank

Authors: F. Blake Morton, Alexander Weiss, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith, Phyllis C. Lee

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cebus apella, homophily, partner compatibility, sociability, social rank, temperament

2015

Effects of visual contact with zoo visitors on black-capped capuchin welfare

Authors: Sally L. Sherwen, Trista J. Harvey, Michael J. L. Magrath, Kym L. Butler, Kerry V. Fanson, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: human-animal interactions, primates, stress physiology, visitor effect, xoo welfare

2015

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