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A Conceptual Model for Understanding Types of Visitor Effects and Suggestions for Improving Visitor Effects Research

Authors: Ashley N Edes, David M Powell

Publication/Journal: Human-Animal Interactions in Zoos: Integrating Science and Practice

Keywords: animal behavior, animal visitor interaction (AVI), emotional arousal, five domains model, visitor effects

2024


Behaviour of proactive and reactive tilapia Oreochromis niloticus in a T-maze

Authors: Flávia O. Mesquita, Isabela F. A. Torres, Ronald K. Luz

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: associative training, coping strategy, personality, t-maze, tilapia

2016


Impact of Different Forms of Environmental Enrichment on Foraging and Activity Levels in Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Authors: K. Charmoy, T. Sullivan, L. J. Miller

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, gorilla, randomized feeding

2015


Searching for behavioral indicators of welfare in zoos: Uncovering anticipatory behavior

Authors: Jason V. Watters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: affect, balance, food anticipatory activity, stereotypy

2014


Vigilance and roosting behaviour of laying hens on different perch heights

Authors: Christina Brendler, Silke Kipper, Lars Schrader

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: antipredator hypothesis, laying hens, perch height, roosting behaviour, vigilance

2014


Finding a dominance order most consistent with a linear hierarchy: an improved algorithm for the I&SI method

Authors: Volker S. Schmid, Han de Vries

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: domicalc, dominance ranking, i&amp, inconsistent dyad, matrix reordering technique, nonuniqueness, si method

2013


Influence of Heavy Snow on the Feeding Behavior of Japanese Macaques (Macaca Fuscata) in Northern Japan

Authors: Hiroto Enari, Haruka Sakamaki-Enari

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cool-temperate forest, feeding trace, macaca fuscata, resource use, shirakami mountains

2013


Microhabitat evaluation and utilization by a foraging predator

Authors: Kelton D. Welch, Kenneth F. Haynes, James D. Harwood

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ambush predator, decision-making, flexible foraging, mermessus fradeorum, olfactory cue, site selection, spider web

2013


Object permanence in domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) and gray wolves (Canis lupus)

Authors: Sylvain Fiset, Vickie Plourde

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: domestic dogs, domestication, gray wolves, invisible displacements, object permanence

2013


Orangutans (Pongo abelii) “play the odds”: Information-seeking strategies in relation to cost, risk, and benefit

Authors: Heidi L. Marsh, Suzanne E. MacDonald

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: cognitive flexibility, information-seeking, metacognition, orangutans

2012


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