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Why did the fish cross the tank? Objectively measuring the value of enrichment for captive fish

Authors: Miriam Sullivan, Craig Lawrence, Dominique Blache

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: aquarium, carassius auratus, enrichment, motivational test, ornamental fish, preference

Year: 2016

Decreased emotional reactivity of rats exposed to repeated phase shifts of light–dark cycle

Authors: Monika Okuliarova, Lubos Molcan, Michal Zeman

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: behaviour, cardiovascular system, chronodisruption, emotionality, shift-work

Year: 2016

In-depth behavioral characterization of the corticosterone mouse model and the critical involvement of housing conditions

Authors: Thomas Demuyser, Lauren Deneyer, Eduard Bentea, Giulia Albertini, Joeri Van Liefferinge, Ellen Merckx, An De Prins, Dimitri De Bundel, Ann Massie, Ilse Smolders

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: anxiety, corticosterone, depression, face validity, housing, mouse model

Year: 2016

Dominance relationships among siamang males living in multimale groups

Authors: Luca Morino

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: flexible social system, intrasexual competition, mating success, monogamy, polyandry, reproductive skew

Year: 2016

Age and sex-specific mortality of wild and captive populations of a monogamous pair-bonded primate (Aotus azarae)

Authors: Sam M. Larson, Fernando Colchero, Owen R. Jones, Lawrence Williams, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: biparental care, keyfitz' entropy, life expectancy, monogamy, pair bond, senescence

Year: 2016

Development of a partner preference test that differentiates between established pair bonds and other relationships in socially monogamous titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)

Authors: Sarah B. Carp, Emily S. Rothwell, Alexis Bourdon, Sara M. Freeman, Emilio Ferrer, Karen L. Bales

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: behavior, monogamy, new world monkey, nonhuman primate, social attachment

Year: 2016

Complex cooperative breeders: Using infant care costs to explain variability in callitrichine social and reproductive behavior

Authors: Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: cooperation, ecology, mating systems, phenotypic plasticity, sexual selection

Year: 2016

Differences in between-reinforcer value modulate the selective-value effect in great apes (Pan troglodytes, P. Paniscus, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo abelii)

Authors: Alejandro Sánchez-Amaro, Mar Peretó, Josep Call

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal feeding behavior, *choice behavior, *food preferences, bonobos, chimpanzees, decision-making, discrimination, economics, gorillas, monkeys

Year: 2016

Mate call as reward: Acoustic communication signals can acquire positive reinforcing values during adulthood in female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Authors: Alexandra M. Hernandez, Emilie C. Perez, Hervé Mulard, Nicolas Mathevon, Clémentine Vignal

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal mate selection, *animal mating behavior, *animal vocalizations, *bird song, *female animals, birds, operant conditioning, reinforcement

Year: 2016

Bonobos (Pan paniscus) vocally protest against violations of social expectations

Authors: Zanna Clay, Lucie Ravaux, Frans B. M. de Waal, Klaus Zuberbühler

Publication/Journal: Journal of Comparative Psychology

Keywords: *animal social behavior, *animal vocalizations, *expectations, bonobos, conflict

Year: 2016