Deconstructing compassionate conservation

Authors: Matt W. Hayward, Alex Callen, Benjamin L. Allen, Guy Ballard, Femke Broekhuis, Cassandra Bugir, Rohan H. Clarke, John Clulow, Simon Clulow, Jennifer C. Daltry, Harriet T. Davies-Mostert, Peter J. S. Fleming, Andrea S. Griffin, Lachlan G. Howell, Graham I. H. Kerley, Kava Klop-Toker, Sarah Legge, Tom Major, Ninon Meyer, Robert A. Montgomery, Katherine Moseby, Daniel M. Parker, Stephanie Periquet, John Read, Robert J. Scanlon, Rebecca Seeto, Craig Shuttleworth, Michael J. Somers, Cottrell T. Tamessar, Katherine Tuft, Rose Upton, Marcia Valenzuela-Molina, Adrian Wayne, Ryan R. Witt, Wolfgang Wuster

Publication/Journal: Conservation Biology

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, effective conservation, evidence-based conservation, invasive species, invasives, lethal control, translocation

2019

Minimizing the impact of biologging devices: Using computational fluid dynamics for optimizing tag design and positioning

Authors: William P. Kay, David S. Naumann, Hannah J. Bowen, Simon J. Withers, Benjamin J. Evans, Rory P. Wilson, Thomas B. Stringell, James C. Bull, Phil W. Hopkins, Luca Borger

Publication/Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Keywords: animal welfare, biologging, biotelemetry, computational fluid dynamics, drag, flow simulation, hydrodynamics, tag design

2019

Diagnosis of pregnancy in Southern Lechwes (Kobus Leche) using a bovine assay for pregnancy-associated glycoprotein

Authors: Benjamin Lamglait, Thomas Rambaud

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: diagnosis, elisa, kobus leche, pag, pregnancy, pregnancy-associated glycoproteins, southern lechwe

2018

“Feelings and Fitness” Not “Feelings or Fitness”–The Raison d’être of Conservation Welfare, Which Aligns Conservation and Animal Welfare Objectives

Authors: Ngaio J. Beausoleil, David J. Mellor, Liv Baker, Sandra E. Baker, Mariagrazia Bellio, Alison S. Clarke, Arnja Dale, Steve Garlick, Bidda Jones, Andrea Harvey, Benjamin J. Pitcher, Sally Sherwen, Karen A. Stockin, Sarah Zito

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Keywords: animal welfare assessment, conservation welfare, environmental ethics, wild animal welfare, wildlife conservation.

2018

Food Quality in Lusaka National Park: Tracking Mortality in Black Lechwe Antelopes

Authors: Kenneth Nyambe, Lackson Chama, Stanford Siachoono, Benjamin Mubemba

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal mortality, bangweulu wetlands, food quality, lusaka national park, state house

2017

The ins and outs of the litter box: A detailed ethogram of cat elimination behavior in two contrasting environments

Authors: Ragen T. S. McGowan, Jacklyn J. Ellis, Miles K. Bensky, François Martin

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cat, defecation, elimination behavior, litter box, urination, wellbeing

2017

Is music enriching for group-housed captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)?

Authors: Emma K. Wallace, Drew Altschul, Karoline Körfer, Benjamin Benti, Amanda Kaeser, Susan Lambeth, Bridget M. Waller, Katie E. Slocombe

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: chimpanzees, enrichment, music

2017

Prey behavioural reaction norms: response to threat predicts susceptibility to predation

Authors: Benjamin J. Toscano

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: animal personality, antipredator behaviour, boldness, oyster reef, predator–prey

2017

Antagonism of V1b receptors promotes maternal motivation to retrieve pups in the MPOA and impairs pup-directed behavior during maternal defense in the mpBNST of lactating rats

Authors: Doris S. Bayerl, Veronika Kaczmarek, Benjamin Jurek, Erwin H. van den Burg, Inga D. Neumann, Barbara M. Gaßner, Stefanie M. Klampfl, Oliver J. Bosch

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: arginine-vasopressin, maternal aggression, maternal care, maternal defense test, pup retrieval test, ssr149415, v1a receptor, v1b receptor

2016

Assessment of anxiety in open field and elevated plus maze using infrared thermography

Authors: Benjamin Lecorps, Heiko G. Rödel, Christophe Féron

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, emotion, infrared thermography, unconditioned fear tests

2016

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