A Model for Accurate Determination of Environmental Parameters in Indoor Zoological and Botanical Gardens Supporting Efficient Species Management

Authors: León Latif Corral-Pesquera, Jonathan García-Manchón, Pablo Morón-Elorza

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: air temperature, ATMOS14, conductivity, daily light integral, PAR light, relative humidity, soil water content, TEROS12

2022

A simulated comparison of behavioural observation sampling methods

Authors: James Edward Brereton, Jonathan Tuke, Eduardo J Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Scientific Reports

Keywords: animal behaviour, sampling methods, welfare research

2022

Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare

Authors: Jonathan L. Webb, Jennie A. H. Crawley, Martin W. Seltmann, Oceane Liehrmann, Nicola Hemmings, U. Kyaw Nyein, Htoo Htoo Aung, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenpera

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural assessment, ethogram, observational study, reliability, stress

2020

Effects of handling and short-term captivity: a multi-behaviour approach using red sea urchins, Mesocentrotus franciscanus

Authors: Aneesh P. H. Bose, Daniel Zayonc, Nikolaos Avrantinis, Natasha Ficzycz, Jonathan Fischer-Rush, Fiona T. Francis, Siobhan Gray, Faye Manning, Haley Robb, Coralee Schmidt, Christine Spice, Aari Umedaly, Jeff Warden, Isabelle M. Cote

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: animal welfare, Echinoderm, invertebrate, reintroduction, relocation, stress

2019

Reindeer spatial use before, during and after construction of a wind farm

Authors: Diress Tsegaye, Jonathan E. Colman, Sindre Eftestøl, Kjetil Flydal, Gunnlaug Røthe, Kåre Rapp

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: avoidance, peninsula, power line, rangifer tarandus, sami reindeer herders, wind farm

2017

Retrospective study of mortality in Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) in the European breeding population between 2000 and 2014

Authors: Olivia Metz, Jonathan Williams, Rikke Kruse Nielsen, Nic Masters

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: asiatic lion, congenital defects, infant mortality, mortality review, panthera leo persica

2017

Does environmental enrichment promote recovery from stress in rainbow trout?

Authors: Kieran C. Pounder, Jennifer L. Mitchell, Jack S. Thomson, Tom G. Pottinger, Jonathan Buckley, Lynne U. Sneddon

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fish welfare, intraspecific variation, oncorhynchus-mykiss, recovery, stress

2016

Guardians’ Perceptions of Cats’ Welfare and Behavior Regarding Visiting Veterinary Clinics

Authors: Chiara Mariti, Jonathan E. Bowen, Sonia Campa, Gabriele Grebe, Claudio Sighieri, Angelo Gazzano

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, cat, stress, veterinary clinic, welfare

2016

The stress response is attenuated during inclement weather in parental, but not in pre-parental, Lapland longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus) breeding in the Low Arctic

Authors: Jesse S. Krause, Jonathan H. Pérez, Helen E. Chmura, Simone L. Meddle, Kathleen E. Hunt, Laura Gough, Natalie Boelman, John C. Wingfield

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: corticosterone, hpa axis, life history trade-offs, parental care, snowstorms, stress

2016

Adult presence augments juvenile collective foraging in social spiders

Authors: Andreas P. Modlmeier, Kate L. Laskowski, Hayley A. Brittingham, Anna Coleman, Karen A. Knutson, Candice Kuo, Matthew McGuirk, Katherine Zhao, Carl N. Keiser, Jonathan N. Pruitt

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: age demography, collective behaviour, foraging, group-size, keystone individual, social spider

2015

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