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Asian Elephants Are Not Self-sustaining in North America

Authors: Robert J. Wiese

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: declining population, demography, elephant, elephas maximus, fecundity, mortality

Year: 2000

Stereotypic swaying and serum cortisol concentrations in three captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: M.L. Wilson, M.A. Bloomsmith, T.L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: african elephant, animal welfare, cortisol, management, stereotypic behavior, stereotypic behaviour

Year: 2004

Where sociality and relatedness diverge: the genetic basis for hierarchical social organization in African elephants

Authors: G. Wittemyer, J. B. A. Okello, H. B. Rasmussen, P. Arctander, S. Nyakaana, I. Douglas-Hamilton, H. R. Siegismund

Publication/Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Keywords: kin selection, loxodonta africana, population genetics, social behavior, social behaviour

Year: 2009

Menopause: A Comparative Life History Perspective

Authors: Mary S. M. Pavelka, Linda Marie Fedigan

Publication/Journal: Yearbook of Physical Anthropology

Keywords: human evolution, primates, reproductive senescence

Year: 1991

Nutritional and behavioral effects of gorge and fast feeding in captive lions

Authors: Joanne D. Altman, Kathy L. Gross, Stephen R. Lowry

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, captive, fasting, feeding schedule, gorge, inactivity, lions, nutrition, obesity, stereotypy

Year: 2005

Environmental effects on the behavior of zoo-housed lions and tigers, with a case study of the effects of a visual barrier on pacing

Authors: Meredith J. Bashaw, Angela S. Kelling, Mollie A. Bloomsmith, Terry L. Maple

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: activity, captivity, control, lions, nocturnal, pacing, social partner, stereotypic behavior, stereotypic behaviour, tigers

Year: 2007

An analysis of scientific literature related to the Florida panther.

Authors: P. Beier, M. R. Vaughan, M.J. Conroy, H. Quigley

Publication/Journal: Final Report

Keywords: cougar, florida panther, mountain lion

Year: 2003

Frustrated Appetitive Foraging Behavior, Stereotypic Pacing, and Fecal Glucocorticoid Levels in Snow Leopards (Uncia uncia) in the Zurich Zoo

Authors: Nicole Burgener, Markus Gusseta, Hans Schmidb

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: coping, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, foraging behavior, foraging behaviour, glucocorticoid, novel feeding, pacing, snow leopard, stereotyped behavior, stereotyped behaviour, uncia uncia

Year: 2008

The effects of transport stress on tiger physiology and behavior

Authors: Daniel P. Dembiec, Richard J. Snider, Adroaldo J. Zanella

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, behaviour, cortisol, experience, management, relocation

Year: 2004

Twenty-four hour activity budget and scent-marking behaviours of captive margays (Leopardus wiedii) in naturalistic enclosures, Belize

Authors: Nikolas Gour

Publication/Journal: Graduate Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Keywords: activity budget, margay, non-invasive censusing techniques, scent marking

Year: 2007