Nesting, sleeping, and nighttime behaviors in wild and captive great apes

Authors: James R. Anderson, Mabel Y. L. Ang, Louise C. Lock, Iris Weiche

Publication/Journal: Primates

Keywords: bonobo, chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, gorilla, nest building, orangutan, sleep posture, sleep quality, welfare

2019

The importance of hormonal circadian rhythms in daily feeding patterns: An illustration with simulated pigs

Authors: Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Imke J. M. de Boer, Gert Jan Hofstede, Susanne E. la Fleur, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: alternans pattern, circadian rhythm, cortisol, decision-making, energy balance, feeding behaviour, melatonin, modelling, motivation, pig

2017

Qualitative Behaviour Assessment of horses exposed to short-term emotional treatments

Authors: Sara Hintze, Eimear Murphy, Iris Bachmann, Francoise Wemelsfelder, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural expression, emotional state, free choice profiling, horse, qualitative behaviour assessment

2017

Toward a Choice-Based Judgment Bias Task for Horses

Authors: Sara Hintze, Emma Roth, Iris Bachmann, Hanno Würbel

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, animal welfare, emotional state, horse, mood

2017

Agent-based modelling in applied ethology: An exploratory case study of behavioural dynamics in tail biting in pigs

Authors: Iris J. M. M. Boumans, Gert Jan Hofstede, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Imke J. M. de Boer, Eddie A. M. Bokkers

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: agent-based model, behavioural patterns, motivation, tail biting behaviour, time-budget, welfare

2016

The effect of a diet change on regurgitation and reingestion in captive chimpanzees

Authors: Iris Mulder, Raymond van der Meer, Han de Vries, Elisabeth HM Sterck

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: captivity, chimpanzee, diet change, regurgitation and reingestion

2016

Effects of feeding management and group composition on agonistic behaviour of group-housed horses

Authors: Joan-Bryce Burla, Anic Ostertag, Antonia Patt, Iris Bachmann, Edna Hillmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aggression, equine, feeding system, forage availability, individual distance, locomotor-activity

2016

No increased stress response in horses on small and electrically fenced paddocks

Authors: Annina Glauser, Dominik Burger, Hendrika Anette van Dorland, Lorenz Gygax, Iris Bachmann, Michelle Howald, Rupert M. Bruckmaier

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: cortisol, electric fence, heart rate variability, horse, saliva, stress

2015

Behaviour of horses in a judgment bias test associated with positive or negative reinforcement

Authors: Sabrina Briefer Freymond, Elodie F. Briefer, Anja Zollinger, Yveline Gindrat-von Allmen, Christa Wyss, Iris Bachmann

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: *cognitive bias, emotions, equus-caballus, optimism, training method

2014

Social housing of surplus males of Javan langurs (Trachypithecus auratus): Compatibility of intact and castrated males in different social settings

Authors: Iris Dröscher, Corri D. Waitt

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: asian colobines, bachelor pairs, captive management, gonadectomy, mixed-sex groups, primates

2012

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