Seasonal mortality in zoo ruminants

Authors: Lea Carisch, Dennis W. H. Müller, Jean-Michel Hatt, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, E. Eberhard Rensch, Marcus Clauss, Philipp Zerbe

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: climate, husbandry, mortality, reproduction, ruminant, seasonality

2017

Personality and predictability in fallow deer fighting behaviour: the relationship with mating success

Authors: Domhnall J. Jennings, Thomas J. Hayden, Martin P. Gammell

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: dama dama, escalation rate, fallow deer, fighting, intraindividual variability, mating success, personality, predictability

2013

Sexual segregation in red deer: is social behaviour more important than habitat preferences?

Authors: Joana Alves, António Alves da Silva, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares, Carlos Fonseca

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, habitat segregation, mediterranean ecosystem, red deer, reproductive strategy, sexual segregation, social affinity, social segregation

2013

Does a temperate ungulate that breeds in summer exhibit rut-induced hypophagia? Analysis of time budgets of male takin (Budorcas taxicolor) in Sichuan, China

Authors: T.P. Guan, B.M. Ge, D.M. Powell, W.J. McShea, S. Li, Y.L. Song

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: capital breeder, constraints, foraging, hypophagia, rutting, takin, temperateungulate

2012

Search efficiency of free-ranging plains bison for optimal food items

Authors: Sabrina Courant, Daniel Fortin

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: area restricted search, bison, bison bison bison, movement ecology, optimal foraging, season, social effect, spatial heterogeneity

2012

Glucocorticoids of bison bulls in relation to social status

Authors: M. S. Mooring, M. L. Patton, V. A. Lance, B. M. Hall, E. W. Schaad, G. A. Fetter, S. S. Fortin, K. M. McPeak

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: bison, cortisol, dominance, fecal steroid, glucocorticoids, rut, stress

2006

Fecal androgens of bison bulls during the rut

Authors: M. S. Mooring, M. L. Patton, V. A. Lance, B. M. Hall, E. W. Schaad, S. S. Fortin, J. E. Jella, K. M. McPeak

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: age, androgens, bison, dominance, fecal steroid, mating success, post-rut, pre-rut, rut, testosterone

2004

Welfare implications of culling red deer (Cervus Elaphus)

Authors: E.L. Bradshaw, P. Bateson

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, cervus-elaphus, hunting, population control, red deer, stalking

2000

Reproductive, behavioral, and endocrine characteristics of the Dall’s sheep (Ovis dalli dalli)

Authors: Karen L. Goodrowe, Beth Smak, Nicole Presley, Steven L. Monfort

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: comparative reproduction, endocrinology, pregnancy, urinary hormones

1996