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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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Mate choice screening in captive solitary carnivores: The role of male behavior and cues on mate preference and paternity in females of a model species, American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg Balsby, Razvan Anistoroaei, Mikkel Stelvig, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: american mink, breeding success, mate choice, mate preference, olfaction

2017

Comparison of the genetic variation of captive ring-tailed lemurs with a wild population in Madagascar

Authors: Jennifer Pastorini, Michelle L. Sauther, Robert W. Sussman, Lisa Gould, Frank P. Cuozzo, Prithiviraj Fernando, Caroline M. Nievergelt, Nicholas I. Mundy

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, conservation, genetic variability, lemur catta, microsatellites, mtdna sequences

2015

Paternity testing using microsatellite DNA markers in captive Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

Authors: Ken Sakaoka, Isao Suzuki, Naeko Kasugai, Yohei Fukumoto

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cross-species amplification, extra-pair paternity, null alleles, paternity exclusion probability, probability of identity, spheniscidae

2014

Bird odour predicts reproductive success

Authors: Danielle J. Whittaker, Nicole M. Gerlach, Helena A. Soini, Milos V. Novotny, Ellen D. Ketterson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: chemical communication, dark-eyed junco, honest signal, junco hyemalis, mate assessment, mate choice, preen oil, sexual signalling, uropygial gland

2013

Extra-pair paternity confirmed in wild white-handed gibbons

Authors: Claudia Barelli, Kazunari Matsudaira, Tanja Wolf, Christian Roos, Michael Heistermann, Keith Hodges, Takafumi Ishida, Suchinda Malaivijitnond, Ulrich H. Reichard

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: genetic paternity, gibbons, hylobates lar, monogamy, pair-living, polyandry

2013

Identifying parentage using molecular markers: Improving accuracy of studbook records for a captive flock of marabou storks (Leptoptilus crumeniferus)

Authors: Gina M. Ferrie, Ocean R. Cohen, Paul Schutz, Katherine A. Leighty, Chelle Plasse, Tammie L. Bettinger, Eric A. Hoffman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, extra-pair paternity, microsatellite, parentage, pedigree, studbook

2013

Male mating behaviour in relation to female sexual swellings, socio-sexual behaviour and hormonal changes in wild Barbary macaques

Authors: Christopher Young, Bonaventura Majolo, Michael Heistermann, Oliver Schülke, Julia Ostner

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: barbary macaque, macaca sylvanus, male reproductive strategies, paternity confusion, post-conception mating, progestogens, sexual swellings

2013

The parental investment models of Maynard Smith: a retrospective and prospective view

Authors: Alasdair I. Houston, Tamás Székely, John M. McNamara

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: desertion, game theory, parental care

2013

The response of a sleepy lizard social network to altered ecological conditions

Authors: Stephanie S. Godfrey, Andrew Sih, C. Michael Bull

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ecological variation, extrapair association, lizard, pair bond, resource availability, skink, social network, temporal network dynamics, tiliqua rugosa

2013

Scent marking increases male reproductive success in wild house mice

Authors: Kerstin E. Thonhauser, Shirley Raveh, Attila Hettyey, Helmut Beissmann, Dustin J. Penn

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: house mouse, male–male competition, marking consistency, mus musculus musculus, reproductive success, scent marking, social preference

2013

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