Do mixed-species groups of capuchin (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) synchronize their behaviour?

Authors: Sophia Daoudi-Simison, Eoin O'Sullivan, Genevieve Moat, Phyllis C. Lee, Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

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2023

A comparison of personality in the common and Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus and Saimiri boliviensis)

Authors: Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: agreeableness, animal ethology, animal personality, assertiveness, likert scales, monkeys, neuroticism, openness to experience, phylogenesis, primates (nonhuman)

2018

Individual differences in zoo-housed squirrel monkeys’ (Saimiri sciureus) reactions to visitors, research participation, and personality ratings

Authors: Zita Polgár, Lara Wood, Marie J. Haskell

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, personality, selection bias, squirrel monkeys, zoo visitors

2017

Is mixed-species living cognitively enriching? Enclosure use and welfare in two captive groups of tufted capuchins (Sapajus apella) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)

Authors: S. Daoudi, G. Badihi, H. M. Buchanan-Smith

Publication/Journal: Animal Behavior and Cognition

Keywords: cognitive challenges, mixed species zoo exhibit, saimiri, sapajus, social enrichment, welfare

2017

Behavioral effects of an immunocontraceptive vaccine on eastern fox squirrels

Authors: S. K. Krause, D. H. Van Vuren, C. Laursen, D. A. Kelt

Publication/Journal: Journal of Wildlife Management

Keywords: california, eastern fox squirrel, ecology, efficacy, fertility-control, gnrh vaccine, gonacon, gonacon(tm), gray squirrels, guidelines, immunocontraception, invasive, mirror image stimulation, open field trial, personality, population control, populations, sciurus niger, species, white-tailed deer, wild, wildlife contraception, zoology

2015

Differences in alarm calls of juvenile and adult European ground squirrels (Spermophilus citellus): Findings on permanently marked animals from a semi-natural enclosure

Authors: Irena Schneiderová, Petra Schnitzerová, Jitka Uhlíková, Pavel Brandl, Jan Zouhar, Jan Matějů

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: age-related differences, bioacoustics, sciuridae, semi-captive population, vocalization

2015

A Comparison of Positive Reinforcement Training Techniques in Owl and Squirrel Monkeys: Time Required to Train to Reliability

Authors: Jessica Rogge, Katrina Sherenco, Rachel Malling, Erica Thiele, Susan Lambeth, Steve Schapiro, Lawrence Williams

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: owl monkey, positive reinforcement training, squirrel monkey

2013

Cortical Networks for Ethologically Relevant Behaviors in Primates

Authors: Jon H. Kaas, Omar A. Gharbawie, Iwona Stepniewska

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: grasping, motor cortex, posterior parietal cortex, prosimians

2013

Effects of Single-Use and Group-Use Enrichment on Stereotypy and Intragroup Aggressive and Affiliative Behaviors of a Social Group of Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) at the Singapore Zoo

Authors: John Sha, Sharleen Han, Diana Marlena, Julienne Kee

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: affiliation, aggression, enrichment, saimiri sciureus, squirrel monkey, steryotypic behavior

2012

Exposure to humans and activity pattern of European souslik (Spermophilus citellus) in zoo conditions

Authors: M. T. Górecki, A. Juszkiewicz, A. Graclik, B. Kala

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, captivity, ground squirrel, habituation, rodent

2012

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