Global Overview of Environmental Enrichment Studies: What Has Been Done and Future Directions

Authors: Érica da Silva Bachetti, Layane Yamile Viol, Arleu Barbosa Viana-Junior, Robert John Young, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: animal management, animal welfare, animals under human care, captive environment

2024

Enhancing welfare in a mixed exhibit: The impact of dispersed whole food on activity levels and feeding behaviours of Mexican military macaws and red-billed curassows

Authors: Berenice Quintanilla, Alessia Diana, Marina Salas

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behaviour, bird, captive animals, chopped food, enrichment, Feeding techniques, Whole food

2023

The importance of permits for effective population management

Authors: Nilda Ferrer, Lynn McDuffie

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: permitting, population management, regulatory agencies

2019

Lactation and suckling behavior in the Iberian lynx

Authors: Javier Yerga, Javier Calzada, Xavier Manteca, Irene Herrera, Astrid Vargas, Antonio Rivas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, litter size, maternal behavior, sex

2016

Diphenyl diselenide supplemented diet reduces depressive-like behavior in hypothyroid female rats

Authors: Glaecir Roseni Mundstock Dias, Tielle Moraes de Almeida, Jéssie Haigert Sudati, Fernando Dobrachinski, Sandra Pavin, Félix Alexandre Antunes Soares, Cristina Wayne Nogueira, Nilda Berenice Vargas Barbosa

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: depressive-like behavior, diphenyl diselenide, hypothyroidism, methimazole, oxidative stress

2014

Early development and growth in captive-born Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)

Authors: Javier Yerga, Javier Calzada, Xavier Manteca, Astrid Vargas, Antonio Rivas

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: early development, growth, iberian lynx, rearing method, sex

2014

Alloparental Responsiveness to Newborns by Nonreproductive, Adult Male, Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Authors: Maricele N. Barbosa, Maria T. Da Silva Mota

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: alloparental care, callithrix jacchus, common marmoset, cortisol, infant stimuli

2013

Geographic variation in beak colouration in gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua

Authors: Barbosa, Andres; Palacios, M. Jose; Valera, Francisco; Martınez, Ana

Publication/Journal: Polar Biology

Keywords: antarctica, carotenoid, colour trait, contaminants, gentoo penguin, geographic variation, krill, ultraviolet

2012

The role of ovarian hormones in sexual reward states of the female rat

Authors: Mayte Parada, Erica Barbosa Vargas, Maria Kyres, Kimberly Burnside, James G. Pfaus

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: clitoral stimulation, conditioned place preference, estradiol, paced copulation, progesterone, sexual reward

2012

Information transfer in head-on encounters between leaf-cutting ant workers: food, trail condition or orientation cues?

Authors: A. G. Farji-Brener, S. Amador-Vargas, F. Chinchilla, S. Escobar, S. Cabrera, M. I. Herrera, C. Sandoval

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: ant foraging, atta cephalotes, leaf-cutting ant, recruitment, trail traffic

2010