The effects of allogrooming and social network position on behavioural indicators of stress in female lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus)

Authors: Kerrie Yates, Christina R Stanley, Caroline M Bettridge

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: allogrooming, indirect connections, social network analysis, stress, welfare

2022

Is Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Wounding Frequency Affected by the Presence Versus Absence of Visitors? A Multi-Institutional Study

Authors: Robin Elana Salak, Christina Cloutier Barbour

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: chimpanzee, COVID-19, pan troglodytes, visitor effects, welfare, wounding, zoos

2022

Assessing the potential impact of zoo visitors on the welfare and cognitive performance of Japanese macaques

Authors: Sarah M Huskisson, Christina R Doelling, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, attention bias, monkey, touchscreen, visitor effect, zoo research

2021

Principal Component Analysis as a Novel Method for the Assessment of the Enclosure Use Patterns of Captive Livingstone’s Fruit Bats (Pteropus livingstonii)

Authors: Morgan J Edwards, Charlotte A Hosie, Tessa E Smith, Dominic Wormell, Eluned Price, Christina R Stanley

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: critically endangered, enclosure design, fruit bats, principal component analysis, Spread of participation index, zoo management

2021

The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study

Authors: Christina R Doelling, Katherine A Cronin, Stephen R Ross, Lydia M Hopper

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: animal welfare, macaques, personality, questionnaire, seasonal affects, wounding, zoo welfare

2021

Monitoring great ape heart health through innovative electrocardiogram technology: Training methodologies and welfare implications

Authors: Christina Cloutier Barbour, Marietta D Danforth, Hayley Murphy, Meg M Sleeper, Ilana Kutinsky

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: arrythmia, electrocardiogram, great ape, heart disease, welfare

2020

Social Experience of Captive Livingstone’s Fruit Bats (Pteropus livingstonii)

Authors: Morgan J Welch, Tessa Smith, Charlotte Hosie, Dominic Wormell, Eluned Price, Christina R Stanley

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, binomial mixture modelling, captive welfare, dominance, evidence based, Livingstone's fruit bat, network assortment, social network analysis, social roles

2020

Applying behavior-analytic methodology to the science and practice of environmental enrichment in zoos and aquariums

Authors: Christina A. Alligood, Nicole R. Dorey, Lindsay R. Mehrkam, Katherine A. Leighty

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior analysis, environmental enrichment, evaluation, methodology

2017

Mate choice screening in captive solitary carnivores: The role of male behavior and cues on mate preference and paternity in females of a model species, American mink (Neovison vison)

Authors: Christina Lehmkuhl Noer, Thorsten Johannes Skovbjerg Balsby, Razvan Anistoroaei, Mikkel Stelvig, Torben Dabelsteen

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: american mink, breeding success, mate choice, mate preference, olfaction

2017

Associations among within-litter differences in early mothering received and later emotional behaviors, mothering, and cortical tryptophan hydroxylase-2 expression in female laboratory rats

Authors: Christina M. Ragan, Kaitlyn M. Harding, Joseph S. Lonstein

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, maternal behavior, neophobia, tryptophan hydroxylase-2, within-litter

2016

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