American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) weight gain in captivity and implications for captive reptile body condition

Authors: Faith Kruis, Madison Wallwork, Marisa Spain, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, body condition, captivity

2022

Social structure and habitat design affect the impact of a novel feeding enrichment for alligators

Authors: Marisa Spain, Cayle Pearson, Adam E Rosenblatt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: alligator, animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2022

Activity budget of zoo-housed Dolichotis patagonum mates

Authors: Johan Baechli, Laura Marisa Bellis, María Constanza García Capocasa, Juan Manuel Busso

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, conservation, ex-situ management, monogamy, rodent

2021

Assessment of behavior and space use before and after forelimb amputation in a zoo-housed chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Authors: Mabel Y. L. Ang, Marisa A. Shender, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: adaptability, disability, management, post-operative care, recovery

2017

Zoo visitors’ perceptions of chimpanzee welfare are not affected by the provision of artificial environmental enrichment devices in a naturalistic exhibit

Authors: Sarah L Jacobson, Lydia M Hopper, Marisa A Shender, Stephen R Ross, Maureen Leahy, Janice McNernie

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment device, naturalism, visitor perception, zoos

2017

Behavioral research as physical enrichment for captive chimpanzees

Authors: Lydia M. Hopper, Marisa A. Shender, Stephen R. Ross

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: activity, locomotion, primate, welfare, zoo

2016

Temperamental turkeys: Reliability of behavioural responses to four tests of fear

Authors: Marisa Erasmus, Janice Swanson

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, fear tests, fearfulness, temperament, turkeys

2014

Deficits in male sexual behavior in adulthood after social instability stress in adolescence in rats

Authors: Cheryl M. McCormick, Matthew R. Green, Nicole M. Cameron, Feather Nixon, Marisa J. Levy, Rachel A. Clark

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: adolescence, copulatory behavior, partner preference test, reproductive behavior, sexual motivation, stress, testosterone

2013

A few days of social separation affects yearling horses’ response to emotional reactivity tests and enhances learning performance

Authors: Léa Lansade, Claire Neveux, Frédéric Levy

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: fearfulness, habituation, instrumental, isolation, memory, training

2012