Personality in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus): Temporal stability and methods of assessment

Authors: Lucy Rutherford, Lindsay Murray, Lisa Holmes, Ellen Williams

Publication/Journal: Personality and Individual Differences

Keywords: elephant, personality, scale, TIPI, welfare

2025

The behavioral response of a captive female Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) to mixed-species exhibition with two Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus)

Authors: Annika Fugl, Sissel Lindberg, Severin Zhou, Barbara Mescic, Cino Pertoldi, Juan Olvido Perea García, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: activity budget, animal welfare, enrichment, environmental conditions, primates, Reaction norms, Surveillance, translocation, zoo

2024

Does zoo visitor presence and noise impact the behaviour and enclosure use of zoo-housed Siamese crocodiles? A case study

Authors: Kevin Gray, James Edward Brereton, Alexandros Theodorou

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: crocodilian, Electivity Index, enclosure design, post-occupancy evaluation, visitor presence

2024

Effects of different rooting materials on behaviour and welfare of finishing pigs

Authors: Ellen Marie Rosvold, Marko Ocepek, Inger Lise Andersen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, environmental enrichment, finishing pigs, rooting material, welfare

2024

Effects of nocturnal outdoor enclosure access on space use and sleep-related behaviour in captive giraffes

Authors: Miho Saito, Masayuki Matsunaga, Hiroki Fukuizumi, Masayuki Nakamichi

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: animal welfare, housing management, lying down, modified SPI, recumbent posture

2024

Evaluation of the stress state based on fecal corticosterone metabolite concentrations in captive penguins in Japan

Authors: Megumi Itoh, Misato Kitahara, Nanako Sawayama, Naoya Matsumoto, Takahito Toyotome, Kazutaka Yamada

Publication/Journal: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Keywords: captive penguin, diseased individual, fecal corticosterone metabolite, hot season, molting period

2024

A frog in hot water: the effect of temperature elevation on the adrenal stress response of an African amphibian

Authors: Juan Scheun, Leanne Venter, Andre Ganswindt

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: bullfrog, Mucous, non-invasive, stress response, Thermal stressor, weight loss

2024

Group structure and individual relationships of sanctuary-living Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla beringei graueri)

Authors: Austin Leeds, Dalmas Kakule, Laura Stalter, Jackson K. Mbeke, Katie Fawcett

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal sociality, centrality, collective animal behavior, eigenvectors, female contraception, gorillas, primates, social networks

2024

Health and environmental effects to wildlife from radio telemetry and tracking devices—state of the science and best management practices

Authors: Albert M. Manville, B. Blake Levitt, Henry C. Lai

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: data-loggers, fish, microchips, PIT tags, radio telemetry, radio-tracking, RFID chips, wildlife

2024

Home is where the home range is: Identifying territoriality and exhibit preferences in an ex-situ group of all-male Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Authors: Laura Stalter, Megan Terry, Alex Riley, Austin Leeds

Publication/Journal: PLOS ONE

Keywords: animal behavior, animal welfare, collective animal behavior, crocodiles, geographic information systems, habitat, islands, network analysis

2024

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