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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.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
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Social bonds in a flock bird: Species differences and seasonality in social structure in captive flamingo flocks over a 12-month period

Authors: Paul E. Rose, Darren P. Croft

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: associations, behaviour, flamingo, non-random relationships, social network analysis

2017

Social security: are socially connected individuals less vigilant?

Authors: Rachael P. Mady, Daniel T. Blumstein

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: antipredator behaviour, security, social attribute, social network, vigilance, yellow-bellied marmot

2017

Dominance relationships among siamang males living in multimale groups

Authors: Luca Morino

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: flexible social system, intrasexual competition, mating success, monogamy, polyandry, reproductive skew

2016

The effect of social environment on alternative mating tactics in male Endler’s guppy, Poecilia wingei

Authors: Radomil Řežucha, Martin Reichard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alternative mating tactics, courtship, experience, poecilia wingei, sneaking, social environment

2014

Behavioural responses to season and adult sex ratio in the fantail darter Etheostoma flabellare

Authors: Cynthia F. O'Rourke, Tamra C. Mendelson

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: adult sex ratio, aggression, behavioural plasticity, etheostoma flabellare, mate competition, mate solicitation, operational sex ratio, parental care, reproductive success, season

2013

Chemical signals of age, sex and identity in black rhinoceros

Authors: Wayne L. Linklater, Katharina Mayer, Ronald R. Swaisgood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: black rhinoceros, diceros bicornis var. minor, dung, faeces, hook-lipped rhinoceros, individual discrimination, olfactory communication, signal, urine

2013

The effect of operational sex ratio on the opportunity for sexual selection: a meta-analysis

Authors: Rafael Rios Moura, Paulo Enrique Cardoso Peixoto

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: intrasexual selection, male competition, mating system, osr, potential for sexual selection

2013

Faking it: deliberately altered voice pitch and vocal attractiveness

Authors: Paul J. Fraccaro, Jillian J. M. O'Connor, Daniel E. Re, Benedict C. Jones, Lisa M. DeBruine, David R. Feinberg

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: functional honesty, honest signal, vocal attractiveness, vocal dominance, voice pitch

2013

Intrasexual competition and female dominance in a singular breeding mammal, the Alpine marmot

Authors: Sophie Lardy, Dominique Allainé, Aurélie Cohas

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alpine marmot, female competition, marmota marmota, reproductive life span, reproductive skew, reproductive suppression, sexual selection

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

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