The influence of feeding opportunities of six zoohoused Giraffa camelopardalis rothschild: The influence of feeding opportunities

Authors: Esther Magdalene Ellersgaard Enevoldsen, Katrine Møller-Lassesen, Ninna Larsen, Oliver Emil Søndergård Gert, Rune Holmegaard, Stine Ellegård Jensen, Cino Pertoldi, Trine Hammer Jensen, Aage Kristian Olsen Alstrup, K Johansen

Publication/Journal: Genetics and Biodiversity Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, ethology, feeding, giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi, noctournal behavior, ruminants, stereotypical behavior, zoo

2022

Behavioral repertoire assessment of Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris) with focus on thermoregulatory behavior

Authors: Judith A. Stryker, Jim L. Atkinson, Robert D. Brown, David Barney, J. Andy B. Robinson, Jay Duncan, Esther J. Finegan

Publication/Journal: International Journal of Biometeorology

Keywords: infrared thermography, microclimatic landscape design, panthera tigris, thermal comfort, thermoregulatory behavior

2019

Personality matters: Consistency of inter-individual variation in shyness-boldness across non-breeding and pre-breeding season despite a fall in general shyness levels in farmed American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, Esther Kjær Needham, Ann-Sophie Wiese, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg Balsby, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: american mink, animal personality, breeding season, intra-individual variation, motivation, shyness-boldness

2016

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

Assessing the psychological health of captive and wild apes: A response to Ferdowsian et al. (2011)

Authors: Alexandra G. Rosati, Esther Herrmann, Juliane Kaminski, Christopher Krupenye, Alicia P. Melis, Kara Schroepfer, Jingzhi Tan, Felix Warneken, Victoria Wobber, Brian Hare

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: affective disorders, animal captivity, animal welfare, anxiety disorders, behavior analysis, chimpanzees, primates (nonhuman), psychopathology, well-being

2013

Effects of feather pecking phenotype (severe feather peckers, victims and non-peckers) on serotonergic and dopaminergic activity in four brain areas of laying hens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Authors: Marjolein S. Kops, Elske N. de Haas, T. Bas Rodenburg, Esther D. Ellen, Gerdien A. H. Korte-Bouws, Berend Olivier, O. Güntürkün, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, S. Mechiel Korte

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: feather pecking behavior, laying hens, monoamines, ocd, thalamopallial circuit

2013

Laying hens selected for low mortality: Behaviour in tests of fearfulness, anxiety and cognition

Authors: Rebecca E. Nordquist, Jasper L. T. Heerkens, T. Bas Rodenburg, Sabine Boks, Esther D. Ellen, F. Josef van der Staay

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cannibalism, chicken, feather pecking, genetic selection, holeboard, open-field test, voluntary approach test

2011

Two-way avoidance acquisition is negatively related to conditioned freezing and positively associated with startle reactions: A dissection of anxiety and fear in genetically heterogeneous rats

Authors: Elia Vicens-Costa, Esther Martínez-Membrives, Regina López-Aumatell, Marc Guitart-Masip, Toni Cañete, Gloria Blázquez, Adolf Tobeña, Alberto Fernández-Teruel

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, conditioned freezing, fear, genetically heterogeneous rats, passive avoidance, startle responses, two-way avoidance

2011

Understanding of human communicative motives in domestic dogs

Authors: Helene Pettersson, Juliane Kaminski, Esther Herrmann, Michael Tomasello

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: communicative motive, competition, cooperation, domestic dog, pointing gesture

2011

Great apes’ (Pan troglodytes, Pan paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) understanding of tool functional properties after limited experience

Authors: Esther Herrmann, Victoria Wobber, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *tool use, causal knowledge, object-choice task, problem solving, tool properties

2008

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