More Than Just Kibbles: Keeper Familiarity and Food Can Affect Bonobo Behavior

Authors: Marta Caselli, Emilio Russo, Jean-Pascal Guéry, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, food, keeper familiarity, pan paniscus, social behavior

2023

Not lost in translation: Changes in social dynamics in Bonobos after colony relocation and fusion with another group

Authors: Marta Caselli, Beatrice Malaman, Giada Cordoni, Jean-Pascal Guéry, José Kok, Elisa Demuru, Ivan Norscia

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: bonobos, group dynamics, relocation, social dynamics

2023

Observational approaches to chimpanzee behavior in an African sanctuary: Implications for research, welfare, and capacity-building

Authors: Alexandra G. Rosati, Kris H. Sabbi, Margaret A. H. Bryer, Paige Barnes, Joshua Rukundo, Titus Mukungu, Phillip Sekulya, Innocent Ampeire, Hillary Aligumisiriza, Stanley Kyama, Joseph Masereka, Winnie Nabukeera, Amos Okello, Boris Waiga, Seezi Atwijuze, Natalia Camargo Peña, Averill Cantwell, Elisa Felsche, Kelly Flores-Mendoza, Safa Mohamed, Isabelle Monroe, Megan Mulhinch, Kathleen O'Gorman, Julia Salamango, Rayna Shamah, Emily Otali, Richard W. Wrangham, Zarin P. Machanda

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, capacity building, observations, sanctuaries, welfare

2023

Assessing the Preference of Rabbit Does to Social Contact or Seclusion: Results of Different Investigations

Authors: Alessandro Dal Bosco, Alice Cartoni Mancinelli, Steffen Hoy, Melania Martino, Simona Mattioli, Elisa Cotozzolo, Cesare Castellini

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: group housing, motivational cage, preference test, rabbit does, social contact

2020

Emotional profile of female rats showing binge eating behavior

Authors: Valentina Satta, Maria Scherma, Elisa Giunti, Roberto Collu, Liana Fattore, Walter Fratta, Paola Fadda

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, binge eating disorder, compulsive-like behavior, depression, food intake, high fat diet

2016

How good is this food? A study on dogs’ emotional responses to a potentially pleasant event using infrared thermography

Authors: Tiziano Travain, Elisa Silvia Colombo, Laura Clara Grandi, Eugenio Heinzl, Annalisa Pelosi, Emanuela Prato Previde, Paola Valsecchi

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behavior, dog, heart rate, heart rate variability, infrared thermography, positive emotion

2016

Does the attachment system towards owners change in aged dogs?

Authors: Paolo Mongillo, Elisa Pitteri, Paolo Carnier, Gianfranco Gabai, Serena Adamelli, Lieta Marinelli

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: aged dogs, attachment, behaviour, salivary cortisol, strange situation test

2013

Reduced proceptivity and sex-motivated behaviors in the female rat after repeated copulation in paced and non-paced mating: Effect of changing the male

Authors: Elisa Ventura-Aquino, Alonso Fernández-Guasti

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: paced and non-paced mating, proceptivity, rat, receptivity, sexual satiety

2013

First observations of nest attendance behavior by wild maned wolves, Chrysocyon brachyurus

Authors: Luiz Fernando Bandeira De Melo, Marco Aurélio Lima Sábato, Elisa M. Vaz Magni, Robert John Young, Carlyle Mendes Coelho

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: canids, male behavior, parental care

2009

Corticosterone metabolites in blue tit and pied flycatcher droppings: Effects of brood size, ectoparasites and temperature

Authors: Elisa Lobato, Santiago Merino, Juan Moreno, Judith Morales, Gustavo Tomás, Josué Martínez- de la Puente, José Luis Osorno, Alexandra Kuchar, Erich Möstl

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: brood size, corticosterone, cyanistes caeruleus, droppings, ectoparasites, ficedula hypoleuca, parus caeruleus, weather conditions

2008

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