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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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Husbandry and propagation of the Chinese big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo

Authors: Nichole Shelmidine, Brittany Murphy, Katelyn Massarone

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, hibernation, incubation

2016

Differences in alarm calls of juvenile and adult European ground squirrels (Spermophilus citellus): Findings on permanently marked animals from a semi-natural enclosure

Authors: Irena Schneiderová, Petra Schnitzerová, Jitka Uhlíková, Pavel Brandl, Jan Zouhar, Jan Matějů

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: age-related differences, bioacoustics, sciuridae, semi-captive population, vocalization

2015

Hormonal changes and energy substrate availability during the hibernation cycle of Syrian hamsters

Authors: Mathieu Weitten, Jean-Patrice Robin, Hugues Oudart, Paul Pévet, Caroline Habold

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adipokines, food-storing behavior, incretins, mesocricetus auratus, periodic arousal, torpor bout

2013

Ontogeny and symmetry of social partner choice among free-living yellow-bellied marmots

Authors: Jennifer E. Smith, Lawrance K. Chung, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: affiliation, group living, kin selection, ontogeny, sibling rivalry

2013

Facultative Pheromonal Mimicry in Snakes: “She-Males” Attract Courtship Only When it is Useful

Authors: R. Shine, T. Langkilde, R.T. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Keywords: chemical communication, reproductive tactics, reptile sociality, sexual mimicry

2012

Individual and Sex-Based Differences in Behaviour and Ecology of Rat Snakes in Winter

Authors: J.H. Sperry, P.J. Weatherhead, R. Knell

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoology

Keywords: activity, elaphe obsoleta, habitat use, individual behaviour, thermoregulation, winter ecology

2012

Split Parturition Observed in a Captive North American Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Authors: J. V. Ware, O. L. Nelson, C. T. Robbins, H. T. Jansen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: brown bears, hibernation, pregnancy, ursid

2012

Effect of an increase in environmental temperature on testicular androgenesis and spermatogenesis in toad (Bufo melanostictus) during hibernating season

Authors: S. Parua, J.M. Debnath, D. Ghosh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bufo melanostictus, gametogenesis, heat exposure, hibernation, spermatogenesis

2011

Monitoring the wild black bear’s reaction to human and environmental stressors

Authors: T. G. Laske, D. L. Garshelis, P. A. Iaizzo

Publication/Journal: BMC Physiology

Keywords: cardiac physiology, electrophysiology, hibernation

2011

Winter predation on two species of hibernating butterflies: monitoring rodent attacks with infrared cameras

Authors: Martin Olofsson, Adrian Vallin, Sven Jakobsson, Christer Wiklund

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aglais urticae, antipredator behaviour, inachis io, ir-camera, peacock butterfly, predation event, small tortoiseshell butterfly

2011

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