Behavioral Implications of the Complete Absence of Guests on a Zoo-Housed Gorilla Troop

Authors: Megan E Miller, Caeley M Robinson, Susan W Margulis

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: activity budget, gorilla, visitor effects

2021

Feasibility and validity of the Animal Welfare Assessment Grid to monitor the welfare of zoo-housed gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Authors: Stijn Brouwers, Marie José Duchateau

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: Animal welfare assessment grid, keeper assessments, welfare monitoring, western lowland gorilla, zoo animal welfare

2021

Silence is Golden: Auditory Preferences in Zoo-housed Gorillas

Authors: Jordyn Truax, Jennifer Vonk

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: choice, enrichment, gorilla, sound

2021

Use of Interactive Technology in Captive Great Ape Management

Authors: Caitlin A Ford, Liz Bellward, Clive JC Phillips, Kris Descovich

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: conservation, great ape, interactive technology, management practices, zoo

2021

Who is there? Captive western gorillas distinguish human voices based on familiarity and nature of previous interactions

Authors: Roberta Salmi, Caroline E Jones, Jodi Carrigan

Publication/Journal: Animal Cognition

Keywords: cognition, gorilla

2021

Allostatic Load Indices With Cholesterol and Triglycerides Predict Disease and Mortality Risk in Zoo-Housed Western Lowland Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Barbara A Wolfe, Janine L Brown, Douglas E Crews

Publication/Journal: Biomarker Insights

Keywords: animal welfare, cardiac disease, chronic conditions, lipid markers, nonhuman primates

2020

Impacts of dietary modifications on the behaviour of captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: B Katherine Smith, Melissa J Remis, Ellen S Dierenfeld

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, captivity, coprophagy, diet, gorilla

2020

In or out: Response slowing across housing conditions as a measure of affect in three Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: Molly McGuire, Jennifer M %J PeerJ Vonk

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: affect, gorilla, housing, response latency, response slowing, space

2020

Same Space, Different Species: The Influence of Exhibit Design on the Expression of Zoo-Housed Apes’ Species-Typical Retiring Behaviors

Authors: Samantha C Earl, Lydia M Hopper, Stephen R Ross

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzee, exhibit design, gorilla, gorilla gorilla, nesting, pan troglodytes, space use

2020