Assessment of Feeding Behavior of the Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) and Nutritional Values of Natural Prey

Authors: Valentín Zárate, Jesica R Mufari, Lucía G Abalos Luna, Daniel P Villarreal, Juan M Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: animal welfare, diet, insectivorous, live feed, mymercophagidae, zenartha

2022

Digestibility of a new diet for captive short-beaked echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Authors: Hayley J. Stannard, Jamie M. Bekkers, Julie M. Old, Bronwyn M. McAllan, Michelle E. Shaw

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: insectivore, manufactured diet, monotreme, myrmecophage, nutrition

2017

Feeding Asian pangolins: An assessment of current diets fed in institutions worldwide

Authors: Francis Cabana, Amy Plowman, Thai Van Nguyen, Shih-Chien Chin, Sung-Lin Wu, Hsuan-Yi Lo, Hirofumi Watabe, Fujio Yamamoto

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: ants, chitin, insectivore, myrmecophagy, nutritional geometry

2017

Survey of feeding practices, body condition and faeces consistency in captive ant-eating mammals in the UK

Authors: Amelia Clark, Ayona Silva-Fletcher, Mark Fox, Michael Kreuzer, Marcus Clauss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: aardvark, anteaters, armadillo, feeding practices, survey, zoos

2016

Apes finding ants: Predator–prey dynamics in a chimpanzee habitat in Nigeria

Authors: Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Buba Umaru, Oliver Allon, Volker Sommer

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: army ants, chimpanzee, insectivory, predation, primate archaeology

2013

Ecology of culture: do environmental factors influence foraging tool use in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus?

Authors: Kathelijne Koops, William C. McGrew, Tetsuro Matsuzawa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: *tool use, ant dipping, chimpanzee, culture, necessity hypothesis, nut cracking, opportunity hypothesis, pan troglodytes verus, termite fishing

2013

Speed–cohesion trade-offs in collective decision making in ants and the concept of precision in animal behaviour

Authors: N. R. Franks, T. O. Richardson, N. Stroeymeyt, R. W. Kirby, W. M. D. Amos, P. M. Hogan, J. A. R. Marshall, T. Schlegel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ant, cohesion, precision, speed versus accuracy, temnothorax albipennis, trade-off

2013

Behaviour-mediated group size effect constrains reproductive decisions in a social insect

Authors: Camille Ruel, Xim Cerdá, Raphaël Boulay

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ant, aphaenogaster senilis, colony size, decision-making, oophagy, queen production, task allocation

2012

Captive Husbandry and Socialization of the Red-Billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

Authors: Malcolm D. Burgess, David Woolcock, Ray B. Hales, Rebecca Waite, Alison J. Hales

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive management, early-life socialization, foster, learnt behavior, reintroduction

2012

Nest distribution varies with dispersal method and familiarity-mediated aggression for two sympatric ants

Authors: Colby J. Tanner, Laurent Keller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: familiarity-mediated aggression, fission dispersal, plectroctena mandibularis, spatial distribution, streblognathus peetersi

2012