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  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
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Lizards perceived abiotic and biotic stressors independently when competing for shade in terrestrial mesocosms

Authors: Travis W. Rusch, Michael W. Sears, Michael J. Angilletta

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, movement, resources, testosterone, thermal stress, thermoregulation

2018

Phenotypic correlates of melanization in two Sceloporus occidentalis (Phrynosomatidae) populations: Behavior, androgens, stress reactivity, and ectoparasites

Authors: Ryan J. Seddon, Diana K. Hews

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aggression, corticosterone, ectoparasites, elevation, melanin, population differences, sceloporus, testosterone

2016

Male mate preference is influenced by both female behaviour and morphology

Authors: Lindsey Swierk, Abigail Myers, Tracy Langkilde

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: courtship, eastern fence lizard, female behaviour, male choice, proceptivity, sceloporus undulatus

2013

Does environmental enrichment really matter? A case study using the eastern fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus

Authors: Renee L. Rosier, Tracy Langkilde

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, growth, reptile, stress

2011

Invader danger: Lizards faced with novel predators exhibit an altered behavioral response to stress

Authors: Whitney P. Trompeter, Tracy Langkilde

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: behavior, corticosterone, invasive, reptile

2011

Voluntary exposure of some western-hemisphere snake and lizard species to ultraviolet-B radiation in the field: how much ultraviolet-B should a lizard or snake receive in captivity?

Authors: Gary W. Ferguson, Andrew M. Brinker, William H. Gehrmann, Stacey E. Bucklin, Frances M. Baines, Steve J. Mackin

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive requirements, field exposure, ultraviolet, uv-index

2010

The effects of prey species on food conversion efficiency and growth of an insectivorous lizard

Authors: C. Nelson Rich, Larry G. Talent

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet, nutrition, reptile, sceloporus occidentalis, western fence lizard

2008

Reproductive and thyroid hormone profiles in captive Western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) after a period of brumation

Authors: Sandra M. Brasfield, Larry G. Talent, David M. Janz

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: brumation, captivity, estradiol, reproduction, sceloporus, testosterone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine

2008

Reproductive and post-reproductive hormone levels in the lizard Sceloporus virgatus

Authors: A.J. Abell

Publication/Journal: Acta Zoologica Mexicana

Keywords: horomones, lizard, post-reproduction, reproduction

1998

External and internal influences on indices of physiological stress. I. Seasonal and population variation in adrenocortical secretion of free living lizards, Sceloporus occidentalis

Authors: K.D. Dunlap, JC Wingfield

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology

Keywords: glucocorticoid, sceloporus occidentalis, stress, western fence lizard

1995

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