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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.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
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Gut microbiota of skywalker hoolock gibbons (Hoolock tianxing) from different habitats and in captivity: Implications for gibbon health

Authors: Li‐Ying Lan, Qi‐Xuan Hong, Shao‐Ming Gao, Qi Li, Yu‐Yan You, Wu Chen, Peng‐Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: captivity, gibbon, microbiota

2023

Gibbon Aggression During Introductions: An International Survey

Authors: Heather Harl, Lisa Stevens, Susan W. Margulis, Jay Petersen

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: aggression, gibbon, introduction

2016

The effects of three types of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of captive Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch)

Authors: Gabriella Gronqvist, Mark Kingston-Jones, Adam May, Julia Lehmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: feeding enrichment, gibbon, habituation, novel object enrichment, olfactory enrichment

2013

Significance of grooming behavior in two polygynous groups of western black crested gibbons: Implications for understanding social relationships among immigrant and resident group members

Authors: Zhen-Hua Guan, Bei Huang, Wen-He Ning, Qing-Yong Ni, Guo-Zheng Sun, Xue-Long Jiang

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: grooming interaction, nomascus concolor, polygynous, social network analysis, wuliang mountains

2013

Phylogenetic Separation in Limb Use in Captive Gibbons (Hylobatidae): A Comparison Across the Primate Order

Authors: Alan R. Mootnick, Clare Cunningham, Elaine Baker

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: evolution, gibbons, hylobatidae, limb-use, self-scratching, taxonomy

2012

Responses of Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch) Groups in Submontane Forest to Monthly Variation in Food Availability: Evidence for Variation on a Fine Spatial Scale

Authors: Sanha Kim, Susan Lappan, Jae C. Choe

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: fbf, feeding strategies, flowers, food abundance, phenology

2012

Sleeping Tree Selection of Cao Vit Gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) Living in Degraded Karst Forest in Bangliang, Jingxi, China

Authors: Han-Lan Fei, Matthew B. Scott, W. E. N. Zhang, Chang-Yong Ma, Zuo-Fu Xiang, Peng-Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cao vit gibbon, predation avoidance, range defense, sleeping behavior, thermoregulation

2012

Supplemental Material for Inferential Reasoning by Exclusion in Great Apes, Lesser Apes, and Spider Monkeys

Authors: Andrew Hill, Emma Collier-Baker, Thomas Suddendorf

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chimpanzee, inference, orangutan, primate cognition, siamang

2011

Female reproductive parameters in the Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch)

Authors: Sarah Hodgkiss, Ernie Thetford, C. D. Waitt, Vincent Nijman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: interbirth intervals, menarche, ovarian cycles, sexual maturity

2010

Siamangs (Hylobates syndactylus) and White-Cheeked Gibbons (Hylobates leucogenys) Show Few Behavioral Differences Related to Zoo Attendance

Authors: Kathleen N. Smith, Christopher W. Kuhar

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: gibbon, siamang, visitor effect, zoo

2010

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