In Absentia—Can a Lack of Behaviour Be a Useful Welfare Indicator? An Application to the Captive Management of Livingstone’s Fruit Bats, Pteropus livingstonii

Authors: Morgan J. Edwards, Charlotte A. Hosie, Laura Naidenov, Eluned Price, Tessa E. Smith, Dominic Wormell, Christina R. Stanley

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: behavioural indicator, chiroptera, hurdle models, individual welfare, obesity

2024

Postnatal growth and age estimation in Scotophilus kuhlii

Authors: Shiang-Fan Chen, Shang-Shang Huang, Dau-Jye Lu, Tsung-Jen Shen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chiroptera, growth curves, hand rearing, lesser asiatic yellow house bat, vespertilionidae

2016

Interspecific Interactions between Primates, Birds, Bats, and Squirrels May Affect Community Composition on Borneo

Authors: Lydia Beaudrot, Matthew J. Struebig, Erik Meijaard, Sebastianus Van Balen, Simon Husson, Carson F. Young, Andrew J. Marshall

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chiroptera, community assembly, niche differentiation, sciuridae, southeast asia

2013

Collection of semen by manual stimulation and ejaculate characteristics of the black flying-fox (Pteropus alecto)

Authors: Debbie F. Melville, Elizabeth G. Crichton, Trish Paterson-Wimberley, Steve D. Johnston

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: assisted breeding, chiroptera, flying-fox, spermatozoa

2008

Scaling of body temperature in mammals and birds

Authors: Andrew Clarke, Peter Rothery

Publication/Journal: Functional Ecology

Keywords: birds, mammal, mass, scaling, temperature

2007