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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?ignore=title%2Cabstract%2Cpublication%2Ckeywords&fwp_search=Becca%20Franks

Applying Behavioral and Physiological Measures to Assess the Relative Impact of the Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic Closure on Two Mammal Species at the Oregon Zoo: Cheetah (A. jubatus) and Giraffe (G. c. reticulata and G. c. tippelskirchii)

Authors: Laurel B Fink, Candace D Scarlata, Becca VanBeek, Todd E Bodner, Nadja C Wielebnowski

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal behavior, visitor effect, wildlife endocrinology, zoo animal welfare

2021

Tank cleaning temporarily increases stress and decreases affiliative behavior in zebrafish

Authors: Christine Powell, Marina AG von Keyserlingk, Becca Franks

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agonistic behavior, fish welfare, husbandry, social behavior, zebrafish

2021

What do animals want?

Authors: B. Franks

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: agency, animal welfare, anthropocentrism, contrafreeloading, motivation, preference tests

2019

Zebrafish welfare: Natural history, social motivation and behaviour

Authors: Courtney Graham, Marina A. G. von Keyserlingk, Becca Franks

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: fish, laboratory zebrafish, natural behaviour, social behaviour, welfare

2018

Mechanisms and extent of information transfer in socially foraging guppies, Poecilia reticulata

Authors: Victoria R. Franks, Rupert C. Marshall

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: boldness, dominance, guppy, information transfer, poecilia reticulata, social foraging

2013

Predicting how individuals approach enrichment: Regulatory focus in cotton-top tamarins (Sanguinus oedipus)

Authors: Becca Franks, Diana Reiss, Patricia Cole, Volney Friedrich, Nicole Thompson, E. Tory Higgins

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral syndromes, bold-shy, regulatory fit, temperament, welfare

2013

Speed–cohesion trade-offs in collective decision making in ants and the concept of precision in animal behaviour

Authors: N. R. Franks, T. O. Richardson, N. Stroeymeyt, R. W. Kirby, W. M. D. Amos, P. M. Hogan, J. A. R. Marshall, T. Schlegel

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ant, cohesion, precision, speed versus accuracy, temnothorax albipennis, trade-off

2013

The influence of feeding, enrichment, and seasonal context on the behavior of Pacific Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

Authors: Becca Franks, Heidi Lyn, Lauren Klein, Diana Reiss

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: feeding and behavior, object enrichment, pacific walrus, stereotypy, welfare

2010

Can ant colonies choose a far-and-away better nest over an in-the-way poor one?

Authors: Nigel R. Franks, Katherine A. Hardcastle, Sophie Collins, Faith D. Smith, Kathryn M. E. Sullivan, Elva J. H. Robinson, Ana B. Sendova-Franks

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ant, collective decision, individual choice, nest site, switching behavior, switching behaviour, temnothorax albipennis

2008

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