Slowly walking down to the more food: relative quantity discrimination in African spurred tortoises (Centrochelys sulcata)

Authors: Masaki Tomonaga, Daiki Haraguchi, Anna Wilkinson

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords:

2023

Immune and stress physiology of two captively‐housed tortoise species

Authors: Alyssa M Hartzheim, Jennifer L Terry, Emily K Field, Natalie T Haydt, Sinlan Poo, Lorin A Neuman‐Lee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Integrative Physiology

Keywords: immunology, stress, tortoise

2022

Investigating the Behavior and Personality Structure of the Aldabra Tortoise during Human Interactions and Training Events

Authors: Giovanni Quintavalle Pastorino, Vanessa Smith, Massimo Faustini, Eleonora Bonacina, Davide Guadagnini, Roberto Robbiati, Alice Cavalleri, James Edward Brereton, Richard Preziosi

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: Aldabrachelys giganea, animal personality, chelonia mydas, geochelone gigantea, human-animal interaction

2022

Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test

Authors: Mark James Learmonth, Sally Sherwen, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals

2020

Chelonian perivitelline membrane-bound sperm detection: A new breeding management tool

Authors: Kaitlin Croyle, Paul Gibbons, Christine Light, Eric Goode, Barbara Durrant, Thomas Jensen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chelonian, conservation, fertility assessment, pvm, sperm, tortoise, turtle

2016

Radial-arm-maze behavior of the red-footed tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Authors: Julia Mueller-Paul, Anna Wilkinson, Geoffrey Hall, Ludwig Huber

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cognitive map, radial-arm maze, response stereotypy, spatial cognition, tortoises

2012

Body size development of captive and free-ranging Leopard tortoises (Geochelone pardalis)

Authors: Julia Ritz, Catrin Hammer, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, geochelone pardalis, leopard tortoise, morphometrics, testudinae, tortoise growth

2010

Spatial learning and memory in the tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria)

Authors: Anna Wilkinson, Hui-Minn Chan, Geoffrey Hall

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: geochelone carbonaria, radial maze, spatial learning, tortoise

2007

Fiber digestibility in juvenile Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra) and implications for the development of captive animals

Authors: Jean-Michel Hatt, Marcus Clauss, Ricarda Gisler, Annette Liesegang, Marcel Wanner

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acid detergent fiber, cellulose, crude fiber, lignin

2005

Comparative study on the growth of juvenile Galapagos giant tortoises (Geochelone nigra) at the Charles Darwin Research Station (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador) and Zoo Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)

Authors: S. C. Furrer, J. M. Hatt, H. Snell, C. Marquez, R. E. Honegger, A. Rübel

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, conservation, diet, testudinidae

2004