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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Auditory and visual threat recognition in captive-reared Great Lakes piping plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Authors: Sarah P. Saunders, Theresa Wei Ying Ong, Francesca J. Cuthbert

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: captive rearing, charadrius melodus, innate, piping plover, threat recognition, vigilance

2013

Captive-rearing piping plovers: Developing techniques to augment wild populations

Authors: Abby N. Powell, Francesca J. Cuthbert, Lauren C. Wemmer, Alice W. Doolittle, Shane T. Feirer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: charadrius melodus, charadrius vociferus, endangered species, killdeer, piping plovers, reintroduction, surrogate species

1997

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