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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Effect of a water conditioner on ornamental fish behaviour during commercial transport

Authors: M. Vanderzwalmen, E. Edmonds, P. Carey, D. Snellgrove, K. A. Sloman

Publication/Journal: Aquaculture

Keywords: ornamental fish, transport, Water conditioner, welfare

2020


The effect of social environment on alternative mating tactics in male Endler’s guppy, Poecilia wingei

Authors: Radomil Řežucha, Martin Reichard

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: alternative mating tactics, courtship, experience, poecilia wingei, sneaking, social environment

2014


The direct costs of living in a sexually harassing environment

Authors: Amber M. Makowicz, Ingo Schlupp

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: body condition, fitness, poecilia latipinna, sailfin molly, sexual conflict, sexual harassment, social environment

2013


Mechanisms and extent of information transfer in socially foraging guppies, Poecilia reticulata

Authors: Victoria R. Franks, Rupert C. Marshall

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: boldness, dominance, guppy, information transfer, poecilia reticulata, social foraging

2013


Sex as moderator of early life experience: interaction between rearing environment and sexual experience in male guppies

Authors: P. Guevara-Fiore, P. Andreas Svensson, John A. Endler

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, alternative strategy, courtship, guppy, male sexual behaviour, mating tactics, poecilia reticulata, poeciliidae, sexual learning, social learning

2012


Hastiness, brain size and predation regime affect the performance of wild guppies in a spatial memory task

Authors: James G. Burns, F. Helen Rodd

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: guppies, hastiness, poecilia reticulata, predation, spatial memory, telencephalon size

2008


The validity of three tests of temperament in guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Authors: James G. Burns

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: guppies, temperament

2008


Courtship and mate choice in fishes- integrating behavioral and sensory ecology

Authors: R. C. Sargent, V. N. Rush, B. D. Wisenden, H. Y. Yan

Publication/Journal: American Zoologist

Keywords: coevolution, coursthip, gasterosteus aculeatus, guppy, ornament, poecilia reticulata, preference, sexual selection, threespine stickleback

1998


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