Assessing the Visitor and Animal Outcomes of a Zoo Encounter and Guided Tour Program with Ambassador Cheetahs

Authors: Katherine M Whitehouse-Tedd, Jairo Lozano-Martinez, Jessica Reeves, Mollie Page, Jaime H Martin, Heidi Prozesky

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoös

Keywords: ambassador animal, cheetah, human-animal interaction

2021

Diel and infradian (7-day) activity rhythms in Mexican spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) kept with and without visitor contact

Authors: Jairo Muñoz-Delgado, Sergio Pérez-Galicia, José Carlos Sánchez-Ferrer, Domingo Canales Espinosa, Hans G. Erkert

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: activity pattern, circadian rhythm, circaseptan rhythm, masking effect, zoo visitor effect

2018

Visitor effect on the behavior of a group of spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) maintained at an island in Lake Catemaco, Veracruz/Mexico

Authors: Sergio Pérez-Galicia, Manuel Miranda-Anaya, Domingo Canales-Espinosa, Jairo Muñoz-Delgado

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: actimetry, activity response, behavioral changes, captivity

2017

Novelty-seeking temperament in captive stumptail macaques (macaca arctoides) and spider monkeys (ateles geoffroyi)

Authors: Ana María Santillán-Doherty, José Cortés-Sotres, Rita Virginia Arenas-Rosas, Alejandra Márquez-Arias, Carlos Cruz, Asunción Medellín, Ana Julia Aguirre, Jairo Muñóz-Delgado, José Luis Díaz

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: ateles geojji-oyi, comparative study, macaca arctoides, novelty-seeking temperament

2010