Influence of food physical properties and environmental context on manipulative behaviors highlighted by new methodological approaches in zoo-housed bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Authors: Caroline Gérard, Ameline Bardo, Jean Pascal Guéry, Emmanuelle Pouydebat, Victor Narat, Bruno Simmen

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: bonobos, evolution, manipulative abilities, nonhuman primate, pan paniscus

2024

Effects of a modern exhibit design on captive tiger welfare

Authors: Kirsten D Smith, Richard J Snider, Daniel P Dembiec, Janice M Siegford, Ahmed B Ali

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: exhibit design, tiger, welfare

2022

Measuring dog-owner relationships: Crossing boundaries between animal behaviour and human psychology

Authors: Therese Rehn, Linda J. Keeling

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, attachment, caregiving, human-animal interaction, reunion, strange situation procedure

2016

Evaluation of the predictive validity of the Behavioural Assessment for Re-homing K9’s (B.A.R.K.) protocol and owner satisfaction with adopted dogs

Authors: Kate M. Mornement, Grahame J. Coleman, Samia R. Toukhsati, Pauleen C. Bennett

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour assessment, predictive validity, shelter dogs, temperament test, welfare

2015

Behavioural and physiological responses of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) to agonistic growls from conspecifics

Authors: Penney A. Wood, Josine de Bie, Jennifer A. Clarke

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: acoustic communication, aggression, coping strategies, cortisol, dogs, motivation–structural rules

2014

Auditory Memory in Monkeys: Costs and Benefits of Proactive Interference

Authors: James Bigelow, A. M. Y. Poremba

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: delayed matching-to-sample, macaque, working memory

2013

Cortical Networks for Ethologically Relevant Behaviors in Primates

Authors: Jon H. Kaas, Omar A. Gharbawie, Iwona Stepniewska

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: grasping, motor cortex, posterior parietal cortex, prosimians

2013

Moths on tree trunks seek out more cryptic positions when their current crypticity is low

Authors: Chang-Ku Kang, Jong-Yeol Moon, Sang-im Lee, Piotr G. Jablonski

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: background matching, camouflage, coloration, great oak beauty, hypomecis roboraria, moth

2013

Chronic treatment with a GPR30 antagonist impairs acquisition of a spatial learning task in young female rats

Authors: R. Hammond, D. Nelson, E. Kline, R. B. Gibbs

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: estradiol, g-15, reversal learning, t-maze, working memory

2012

An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Video Displays for Use With Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: L.M. Hopper, S.P. Lambeth, S.J. Schapiro

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: chimpanzees, pan troglodytes, social learning, video deficit, video displays

2012

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