Hormonal changes in northern white-cheeked gibbons (Nomascus leucogenys) after the death of a group member

Authors: Emilee N. Hart, Rupert Palme, Nava Greenblatt, Rafaela S. C. Takeshita

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: death, DHEAS, gibbons, glucocorticoids, group structure, stress

2024

Effect of bungee-carcass enrichment on behavior and fecal glucocorticoid metabolites in two species of zoo-housed felids

Authors: Amber D. Ruskell, Susan T. Meiers, Sean E. Jenkins, Rachel M. Santymire

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bengal tiger, cortisol, cougar, enrichment, felis concolor, panthera tigris tigris, stereotypy

2015

Reaching New Heights: The Effect of an Environmentally Enhanced Outdoor Enclosure on Gibbons in a Zoo Setting

Authors: Megan R. Anderson

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, gibbons, zoo

2014

Significance of grooming behavior in two polygynous groups of western black crested gibbons: Implications for understanding social relationships among immigrant and resident group members

Authors: Zhen-Hua Guan, Bei Huang, Wen-He Ning, Qing-Yong Ni, Guo-Zheng Sun, Xue-Long Jiang

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: grooming interaction, nomascus concolor, polygynous, social network analysis, wuliang mountains

2013

Phylogenetic Separation in Limb Use in Captive Gibbons (Hylobatidae): A Comparison Across the Primate Order

Authors: Alan R. Mootnick, Clare Cunningham, Elaine Baker

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: evolution, gibbons, hylobatidae, limb-use, self-scratching, taxonomy

2012

Sleeping Tree Selection of Cao Vit Gibbon (Nomascus nasutus) Living in Degraded Karst Forest in Bangliang, Jingxi, China

Authors: Han-Lan Fei, Matthew B. Scott, W. E. N. Zhang, Chang-Yong Ma, Zuo-Fu Xiang, Peng-Fei Fan

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cao vit gibbon, predation avoidance, range defense, sleeping behavior, thermoregulation

2012

Supplemental Material for Inferential Reasoning by Exclusion in Great Apes, Lesser Apes, and Spider Monkeys

Authors: Andrew Hill, Emma Collier-Baker, Thomas Suddendorf

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: chimpanzee, inference, orangutan, primate cognition, siamang

2011

Predator and Heterospecific Stimuli Alter Behaviour in Cattle

Authors: B. M. Kluever, L. D. Howery, S. W. Breck, D. L. Bergman

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: foraging behavior, foraging behaviour, giving-up density, mountain lion, mule deer, vigilance, wolf

2009

Object permanence tests on gibbons (Hylobatidae)

Authors: Anna Fedor, Gabriella Skollár, Nóra Szerencsy, Mária Ujhelyi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: gibbons, mental representation, object permanence, piagetian tests

2008

Behavioral effects of environmental enrichment on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus)

Authors: Sue A. Hunter, Monika S. Bay, Michele L. Martin, Jeff S. Hatfield

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, enrichment, phocids, seals

2002

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