Effects of different levels of environmental enrichment on the sheltering behaviors, brain development and cortisol levels of black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii

Authors: Zonghang Zhang, Xuemei Zhang, Zhenlin Li, Xiumei Zhang

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behavior, brain size, cortisol, environmental enrichment, fish, level

2019

Curiosity boosts orang-utan problem-solving ability

Authors: Laura A. Damerius, Sereina M. Graber, Erik P. Willems, Carel P. van Schaik

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: captivity effect, cognitive abilities, curiosity, experience effect, orang-utans, problem solving

2017

Effects of captivity on house mice behaviour in a novel environment: Implications for conservation practices

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Adam J. Munn, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, captive breeding, captivity, phenotypic plasticity, reintroduction, transgenerational effects

2017

Environmental enrichment of young adult rats (Rattus norvegicus) in different sensory modalities has long-lasting effects on their ability to learn via specific sensory channels

Authors: Vassilissa Dolivo, Michael Taborsky

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal learning, *environmental effects, auditory perception, cues, environmental enrichment, genetics, norway rats, olfactory perception, phenotypes, visual perception

2017

Plasticity of thermoregulatory behaviour in response to the thermal environment by widespread and alpine reptile species

Authors: Amanda J. Caldwell, Geoffrey M. While, Erik Wapstra

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: highland specialist, montane species, phenotypic plasticity, reptile, thermoregulation

2017

What role does heritability play in transgenerational phenotypic responses to captivity? Implications for managing captive populations

Authors: Stephanie K. Courtney Jones, Phillip G. Byrne

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, heritability, natural selection, phenotype, transgenerational effects, transgenerational plasticity

2017

Complex cooperative breeders: Using infant care costs to explain variability in callitrichine social and reproductive behavior

Authors: Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cooperation, ecology, mating systems, phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection

2016

Alternative reproductive tactics in female striped mice: Solitary breeders have lower corticosterone levels than communal breeders

Authors: Davina L. Hill, Neville Pillay, Carsten Schradin

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: cooperative breeding, endocrinology, glucocorticoid, oestrogen, plural breeding, single breeder, social environment, social flexibility, social organisation, sociality

2015

Adaptively flexible polyandry

Authors: Patricia Adair Gowaty

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: adaptively flexible behaviour, demographic stochasticity, multiple mating, phenotypic plasticity, polyandry, sexual selection, switch point theorem, within-sex selection

2013

Development of aggressive phenotypes in zebrafish: interactions of age, experience and social status

Authors: Lesley Ricci, Cliff H. Summers, Earl T. Larson, Donald O'Malley, Richard H. Melloni

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, danio rerio, development, dominant–subordinate, experience, ontogeny, social hierarchy, social stress, zebrafish

2013