Impacts of environmental and human disturbances on behaviour of captive kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)

Authors: Katie Davison, Roberta L Farrell, Steven D Miller, Carolyn M King

Publication/Journal: New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Keywords: apteryx mantelli, disturbance of captive animals, noise, pacing, visitor management

2021

Monitoring glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations as a proxy of environmental stress across important life-history stages in captive african penguins

Authors: J Scheun, J Gulson, A Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology

Keywords: adrenalcortical, African penguins, captive, glucocorticoids, non-invasive

2020

Correlates of home range sizes of giraffes, Giraffa camelopardalis

Authors: Mara A. Knüsel, Derek E. Lee, Barbara König, Monica L. Bond

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: giraffe, home range estimation, kernel utilization distribution, minimum convex polygon

2019

Effect of free-range access, shelter type and weather conditions on free-range use and welfare of slow-growing broiler chickens

Authors: Lisanne M. Stadig, T. Bas Rodenburg, Bart Ampe, Bert Reubens, Frank A. M. Tuyttens

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: artificial shelter, fearfulness, leg health, outdoor, poultry, short rotation coppice

2017

Hormonal profiles of captive Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra)

Authors: Maile A. Branson, Shannon Atkinson, Meg Ferrell Ramos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: estrogen, fertility, progesterone, rainfall, reproduction, temperature, testosterone

2016

Drinking behaviour in sows kept outdoors during the winter months

Authors: Heidi Mai-Lis Andersen, Lene Juul Pedersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: circadian rhythm, diurnal pattern, lactating sows, outdoor sows, temperature, water consumption

2014

Effects of water restriction on reproductive physiology and affiliative behavior in an opportunistically-breeding and monogamous songbird, the zebra finch

Authors: Nora H. Prior, Sarah A. Heimovics, Kiran K. Soma

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: affiliation, corticosterone, dhea, estradiol, monogamy, neurosteroid, pair bond, sex difference, song, testosterone

2013

Factors predicting the frequency, likelihood and duration of allonursing in the cooperatively breeding meerkat

Authors: K. J. MacLeod, J. F. Nielsen, T. H. Clutton-Brock

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: allolactation, helper, meerkat, suricata suricatta

2013

Preference of beef cattle for feedlot or pasture environments

Authors: Caroline Lee, Andrew D. Fisher, Ian G. Colditz, Jim M. Lea, Drewe M. Ferguson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cattle, feedlot, pasture, preference, welfare

2013