Comparisons of Activity Budgets, Interactions, and Social Structures in Captive and Wild Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: chimpanzee, environmental enrichment, Mahale Mountains National Park, social grooming, social network, Tama Zoological Park

2020

Evaluating the Behavior and Temperament of African Penguins in a Non-Contact Animal Encounter Program

Authors: Sana T. Saiyed, Lydia M. Hopper, Katherine A. Cronin

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: ambassador animals, behavior, spheniscus demersus, temperament, welfare

2019

A comparison of personality in the common and Bolivian squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus and Saimiri boliviensis)

Authors: Vanessa A. D. Wilson, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Alexander Weiss

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: agreeableness, animal ethology, animal personality, assertiveness, likert scales, monkeys, neuroticism, openness to experience, phylogenesis, primates (nonhuman)

2018

Contrasting results from molecular and pedigree-based population diversity measures in captive zebra highlight challenges facing genetic management of zoo populations

Authors: Hideyuki Ito, Rob Ogden, Tanya Langenhorst, Miho Inoue-Murayama

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive breeding, genetic diversity, molecular genetic analysis, pedigree analysis

2017

Central oxytocin receptors mediate mating-induced partner preferences and enhance correlated activation across forebrain nuclei in male prairie voles

Authors: Zachary V. Johnson, Hasse Walum, Yaseen A. Jamal, Yao Xiao, Alaine C. Keebaugh, Kiyoshi Inoue, Larry J. Young

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: functional connectivity, immediate-early gene, monogamy, pair-bonding, social attachment, social decision-making network

2016

Effects of Relocation and Individual and Environmental Factors on the Long-Term Stress Levels in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): Monitoring Hair Cortisol and Behaviors

Authors: Y. Yamanashi, M. Teramoto, N. Morimura, S. Hirata, M. Inoue-Murayama, G. Idani

Publication/Journal: Plos One

Keywords: chimpanzee, hair cortisol, relocation, stress

2016

Assessment of landscape-scale distribution of sympatric great apes in African rainforests: Concurrent use of nest and camera-trap surveys

Authors: Yoshihiro Nakashima, Yuji Iwata, Chieko Ando, Chimene Nze Nkoguee, Eiji Inoue, Etienne-Francois Okoue Akomo, Philippe Mbehang Nguema, Thierry Diop Bineni, Ludovic Ngok Banak, Yuji Takenoshita, Alfred Ngomanda, Juichi Yamagiwa

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: camera trap, distance sampling, gabon, nest, sympatric apes

2013

Death of the Alpha: Within-Community Lethal Violence Among Chimpanzees of the Mahale Mountains National Park

Authors: Stefano S. K. Kaburu, Sana Inoue, Nicholas E. Newton-Fisher

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: alpha male, gang attack, mahale, pan troglodytes

2013

Personality Assessment and Its Association With Genetic Factors in Captive Asian and African Elephants

Authors: Saki Yasui, Akitsugu Konno, Masayuki Tanaka, Gen'ichi Idani, Arne Ludwig, Dietmar Lieckfeldt, Miho Inoue-Murayama

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral traits, polymorphism, questionnaire

2013

Assessing chimpanzee personality and subjective well-being in Japan

Authors: Weiss, A.,Inoue-Murayama, M.,Hong, K.,Inoue, E.,Udono, T.,Ochiai, T.,Matsuzawa, T.,Hirata, S.,King, J. E.

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: age, chimpanzee, culture, personality, sex, well-being

2009

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