Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test

Authors: Mark James Learmonth, Sally Sherwen, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals

2020

Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs

Authors: Svenja Tidau, Mark Briffa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic noise, environmental change, grouping preference, hermit crabs, intraspecific interaction, sensory environment

2019

In-Tank Underwater Cameras can Refine Monitoring of Laboratory Fish

Authors: T. Ellis, G. S. E. Rimmer, S. J. Parker, C. Joiner, M. Sebire, D. W. Verner-Jeffreys, J. Lines

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, end-point, fish welfare, laboratory fish, refinement, remote monitoring

2019

Age, fertility and reproductive behavior in Cuban crocodiles, Crocodylus rhombifer, at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological park

Authors: Lauren Augustine, Barbara Watkins

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, cuban crocodile

2015

Optimal husbandry of hatchling Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) during a captive head-start program

Authors: Michael P. Wines, Valerie M. Johnson, Brad Lock, Fred Antonio, James C. Godwin, Elizabeth M. Rush, Craig Guyer

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: diet diversity, husbandry, incubation temperature, optimal growth, repatriation

2015

Is preference a predictor of enrichment efficacy in Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra)?

Authors: Lindsay R. Mehrkam, Nicole R. Dorey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, enrichment, interactions, keeper, reptiles

2014

Understanding irregular shell formation of Nautilus in aquaria: Chemical composition and structural analysis

Authors: Mehdi Moini, Aoife O'Halloran, Alan M. Peters, Christine A. M. France, Edward P. Vicenzi, Tamsen G. DeWitt, Esther Langan, Tim Walsh, Robert J. Speakman

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: black line, cephalopods, isotopic abundances, mollusca, shell formation

2014

Asymmetric effects of contaminant exposure during asymmetric contests in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus

Authors: Stephen J. White, Richard K. Pipe, Andrew Fisher, Mark Briffa

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic impact, copper, decision-making, hermit crab, pagurus bernhardus, pollutant

2013

Characterization of hatch-size and growth rates of captive and wild-reared brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) chicks

Authors: Erica A. Prier, Brett D. Gartrell, Murray A. Potter, Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos, John McLennan

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: development, hindlimb, limb deformities, postnatal growth

2013

Enkephalin and dynorphin mRNA expression are associated with resilience or vulnerability to chronic social defeat stress

Authors: Patrick Bérubé, Sylvie Laforest, Seema Bhatnagar, Guy Drolet

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: accumbens, amygdala, coping, endorphin, opioids

2013