Localize Animal Sound Events Reliably (LASER): A New Software for Sound Localization in Zoos

Authors: Sebastian Schneider, Paul Wilhelm Dierkes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: acoustic multilateration, animal detection, animal sounds, animal welfare, behavioral research, bioacoustics, non-invasive, sound localization, TDOA, vocalization

2021

Influence of male presence on female Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) behaviour in captivity

Authors: Bruno Colaço, Ana Pinto, Mikkel Stelvig, Carla Costa, Jorge Colaço

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, elephant, stereotypic, welfare, zoo

2020

How environmental enrichment affects behavioral and glucocorticoid responses in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)

Authors: Ana Claudia de Almeida, Rupert Palme, Nei Moreira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, corticosterone, quality of life, stress

2018

Introducing Clicker Training as a Cognitive Enrichment for Laboratory Mice

Authors: C. Leidinger, F. Herrmann, C. Thoene-Reineke, N. Baumgart, J. Baumgart

Publication/Journal: Journal of Visualized Experiments

Keywords: 3rs, anxiety, balb/c, behavior, clicker training, enrichment, environmental enrichment, issue 121, mouse, multidisciplinary sciences, pigs, positive reinforcement training, rats, refinement, stress response, welfare, well-being

2017

Visitor effect on the behavior of a group of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) maintained at an island in Lake Catemaco, Veracruz/Mexico

Authors: Sergio Pérez-Galicia, Manuel Miranda-Anaya, Domingo Canales-Espinosa, Jairo Muñoz-Delgado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: actimetry, activity response, behavioral changes, captivity

2017

Changes in bottlenose dolphin whistle parameters related to vessel presence, surface behaviour and group composition

Authors: J. Heiler, S. H. Elwen, H. J. Kriesell, T. Gridley

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: bottlenose dolphin, marine tourism, namibia, tursiops-truncatus, vocal behaviour

2016

The effect of a pressure vest on the behaviour, salivary cortisol and urine oxytocin of noise phobic dogs in a controlled test

Authors: Anne-Maria Pekkin, Laura Hänninen, Katriina Tiira, Aija Koskela, Merja Pöytäkangas, Hannes Lohi, Anna Valros

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: behaviour, cortisol, dog, noise phobia, oxytocin, pressure vest

2016

Vocal activity of lesser galagos (Galago spp.) at zoos

Authors: Irena Schneiderová, Jan Zouhar, Lucie Štefanská, Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Stanislav Lhota, Pavel Brandl

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: acoustic monitoring, galagidae, galago moholi, galago senegalensis, species-specific vocalizations

2016

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

Early transfer of mated females into the maternity unit reduces stress and increases maternal care in farm mink

Authors: Jens Malmkvist, Rupert Palme

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, hpa axis, maternal behaviour, neovison vison aka mustela vison, nest building, reproduction, stress

2015

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