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Development of a noncontact and long-term respiration monitoring system using microwave radar for hibernating black bear

Authors: Satoshi Suzuki, Takemi Matsui, Hiroshi Kawahara, Shinji Gotoh

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: hibernation, japanese black bear, microwave radar, monitoring, noncontact, respiratory rate

Year: 2009

All you ever wanted to know about marsupials

Authors: Daniel K. Maloney

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: marsupials

Year: 2009

Effect of dilution degree of commercial nectar and provision of fruit on food, energy and nutrient intake in two rainbow lorikeet subspecies

Authors: I. D. Kalmar, M. van Loon, M. Bürkle, M. Reinschmidt, D. Waugh, G. Werquin, G. P. J. Janssens

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: avian, nutrition, parrot, psittacidae, voluntary intake

Year: 2009

Characterization of basal seminal traits and reproductive endocrine profiles in North American river otters and Asian small-clawed otters

Authors: Helen L. Bateman, Jennifer B. Bond, Mark Campbell, Michael Barrie, Gary Riggs, Barb Snyder, William F. Swanson

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: delayed implantation, enzyme immunoassay, fecal steroids, mustelid, noninvasive monitoring, seasonality

Year: 2009

Species identification, molecular sexing and genotyping using non-invasive approaches in two wild bovids species: Bos gaurus and Bos javanicus

Authors: Taiana Rivière-Dobigny, Lan Pham Doan, Nam Le Quang, Jean-Charles Maillard, Johan Michaux

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cytochrome b, fecal DNA, fecal sample preservation procedures, molecular sexing

Year: 2009

A simplified method for extracting androgens from avian egg yolks

Authors: Corinne P. Kozlowski, Joan E. Bauman, D. Caldwell Hahn

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: androstenedione, avian yolk, extraction, radioimmunoassay, testosterone

Year: 2009

Prediction, location, collection and transport of jellyfish (Cnidaria) and their polyps

Authors: Justin Pierce

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captivity, capture, collect, display, hydrozoa, jellyfish, medusa, predict, scyphozoa, transport

Year: 2009

Response of hatchling Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis) at Denver Zoo to visual and chemical cues arising from prey

Authors: David Chiszar, Susan Krauss, Bryon Shipley, Tim Trout, Hobart M. Smith

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: chemoreception, feeding, monitor, ontogeny, predation, vision

Year: 2009

Behavioral monitoring in zoos and aquariums: a tool for guiding husbandry and directing research

Authors: Jason V. Watters, Susan W. Margulis, Sylvia Atsalis

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavioral monitoring, science based husbandry, stereotypy, time-budget

Year: 2009

A new method for DNA extraction from feces and hair shafts of the South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis)

Authors: Wenping Zhang, Zhihe Zhang, Xiao Xu, Kun Wei, Xiaofang Wang, Xu Liang, Liang Zhang, Fujun Shen, Rong Hou, Bisong Yue

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: fecal hairs, hair shafts, microsatellite, noninvasive sample

Year: 2009