Discrimination of Acoustic Stimuli and Maintenance of Graded Alarm Call Structure in Captive Meerkats

Authors: Sebastian Schneider, Sarah Goettlich, Charlette Diercks, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: acoustic features, alarm calls, animal welfare, bioacoustics, fuzzy clustering, graded structure, LASSO algorithm, meerkats, natural behavior, playback experiment, suricates, vocalization, zoo

2021

Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food preference, group-housed, meerkat, zoo welfare

2021

Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: meerkat, preference

2021

Understanding impacts of zoo visitors: Quantifying behavioural changes of two popular zoo species during COVID-19 closures

Authors: Ellen Williams, Anne Carter, Jessica Rendle, Samantha J Ward

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, COVID-19, meerkats, penguins, welfare, zoo

2021

Understanding impacts of zoo visitors: Quantifying behavioural changes of two popular zoo species during COVID-19 closures

Authors: Ellen Williams, Anne Carter, Jessica Rendle, Samantha J Ward

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, COVID-19, meerkats, penguins, welfare, zoo

2021

Understanding impacts of zoo visitors: Quantifying behavioural changes of two popular zoo species during COVID-19 closures

Authors: Ellen Williams, Anne Carter, Jessica Rendle, Samantha Ward

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, COVID-19, meerkats, penguins, welfare, zoo

2021

Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats

Authors: Javier delBarco-Trillo, Lydia K. Greene, Ines Braga Goncalves, Miriam Fenkes, Jillian H. Wisse, Julian A. Drewe, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton-Brock, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, antiandrogen, behavioral neuroendocrinology, communication, cooperative breeder, field experiment, flutamide, prosocial behavior, subordinate male, testosterone

2016

A Comparison of Zoo Animal Behavior in the Presence of Familiar and Unfamiliar People

Authors: Rosemary Anne Martin, Vicky Melfi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal-human interactions, zoo animals

2016

Validation of a fecal glucocorticoid assay to assess adrenocortical activity in meerkats using physiological and biological stimuli

Authors: Ines Braga Goncalves, Michael Heistermann, Peter Santema, Ben Dantzer, Jelena Mausbach, Andre Ganswindt, Marta B Manser

Publication/Journal: PloS one

Keywords: adrenalcortical activity, assay, fecal glucocorticoid, meerkats

2016