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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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A preference to bond? Male prairie voles form pair bonds even in the presence of multiple receptive females

Authors: Tomica D. Blocker, Alexander G. Ophir

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: microtus ochrogaster, monogamy, pair bond, partner preference, selective aggression

2016

Promiscuity, inbreeding and dispersal propensity in great tits

Authors: Marta Szulkin, Joanne R. Chapman, Samantha C. Patrick, Ben C. Sheldon

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dispersal, extrapair paternity, extrapair young, great tit, inbreeding depression, mate choice, outbreeding, parus major, promiscuity

2012

Sneaky Monkeys: An Audience Effect of Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) on Sexual Behavior

Authors: A.M. Overduin-De Vries, J.J.M. Massen, B.M. Spruijt, E.H.M. Sterck

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: audience effect, mating tactics, monopolization, primates, sexual behavior

2012

A comparative study of white blood cell counds and disease risk in carnivores.

Authors: C.L. Nunn, J.L Gittleman, J. Antonovics

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Keywords: carnivora, comparative study, disease risk, immune system, phylogeny

2003

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