Agonistic behavior and feeding competition in the largest piranha species, Pygocentrus piraya, in a zoo

Authors: Ronald G Oldfield, Josie E Thal, Praanjal Das, Nick J Zarlinga, Kristen E Lukas, Jason D Wark

Publication/Journal: Journal of Ethology

Keywords: agonistic behavior, feeding competition, piranha, zoo

2022

Physical enrichment research for captive fish: time to focus on the DETAILS

Authors: Nick AR Jones, Mike Webster, Anne Gro Vea Salvanes

Publication/Journal: Journal of Fish Biology

Keywords: environmental complexity, environmental enrichment, fish husbandry, fish welfare, structural complexity., structural enrichment

2021

Pairs of zebra finches with similar ‘personalities’ make better parents

Authors: Wiebke Schuett, Sasha R. X. Dall, Nick J. Royle

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: aggression, behavioural syndrome, cross-fostering, exploration, negotiation, parental care, sexual selection, taeniopygia guttata, temperament, zebra finch

2011

Comparative analysis of knowledge gain between interpretive and fact-only presentations at an animal training session: an exploratory study

Authors: Nick C. Visscher, Richard Snider, Gail Vander Stoep

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal training, conservation education, factual presentation, interpretation, knowledge gain, learning, teaching style, zoo education

2009

Comparing king, gentoo, and royal penguin responses to pedestrian visitation

Authors: Nick D. Holmes

Publication/Journal: The Journal of Wildlife Management

Keywords: behavior, gentoo, human disturbance, king, penguin, royal, subantarctic, visitor management

2007

Ultrasound examination and behavior scoring of captive broadnose sevengill sharks, Notorynchus cepedianus (Peron, 1807)

Authors: Jonathan Daly, Ian Gunn, Nick Kirby, Robert Jones, David Galloway

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, elasmobranch, ovarian follicle growth, reproduction, ultrasonography

2007

Interpreting short-term behavioural responses to disturbance within a longitudinal perspective

Authors: Lars Bejder, Amy Samuels, Hal Whitehead, Nick Gales

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: anthropogenic disturbance, behavior, behaviour, bottlenose dolphin, disturbance, tursiops sp.

2006

Zoo Research Guidelines: Statistics for typical zoo datasets

Authors: Graeme Ruxton, Nick Colegrave, Juergen Engel, Nicola Marples, Vicky Melfi, Stephanie Wehnelt, Sue Dow, Christine Caldwell, Sheila Pankhurst, Hannah Buchanan-Smith, Heidi Mitchell

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: g tests, multivariate, parametric, randomization, statistics, zoo research

2006

Testing the minimum approach distance guidelines for incubating Royal penguins Eudyptes schlegeli

Authors: Nick Holmes, Melissa Giese, Lorne K. Kriwoken

Publication/Journal: Biological Conservation

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, eudyptes schlegeli, heart rate, human disturbance, minimum approach distance, royal penguins, visitor management

2005