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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J Michaels

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: behaviour, elo-rating, fixed action pattern, welfare, zoo

2020


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


Aiming low: A resident male’s rank predicts takeover success by challenging males in Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys

Authors: Pingfen Zhu, Baoping Ren, Paul A. Garber, Fan Xia, Cyril C. Grueter, Ming Li

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: elo-rating, male–male competition, rhinopithecus bieti, takeover

2016


Assessing dominance hierarchies: validation and advantages of progressive evaluation with Elo-rating

Authors: C. Neumann, J. Duboscq, C. Dubuc, G. Ginting, A.M. Irwan, M. Agil, A. Widdig, A. Engelhardt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: david's score, dominance hierarchy, dominance rank, elo-rating, hierarchy stability, i&s*i, macaca nigra, macaca-mulatta, methodology

2011


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