The untapped potential of reptile biodiversity for understanding how and why animals age

LA Hoekstra, TS Schwartz, AM Sparkman… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The field of comparative ageing biology has greatly expanded in the past 20 years.
Longitudinal studies of populations of reptiles with a range of maximum lifespans have …

Future directions for personality research: Contributing new insights to the understanding of animal behavior

V Wilson, A Guenther, Ø Øverli, MW Seltmann… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Personality—ie, individual differences in behavior and emotion—is
increasingly being recognized as important in animal research. Whilst numerous studies …

Anthropogenic interferences lead to gut microbiome dysbiosis in Asian elephants and may alter adaptation processes to surrounding environments

MAM Moustafa, HM Chel, MJ Thu, S Bawm, LL Htun… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Human activities interfere with wild animals and lead to the loss of many animal populations.
Therefore, efforts have been made to understand how wildlife can rebound from …

Current and future approaches to mitigate conflict between humans and Asian elephants: the potential use of aversive geofencing devices

SJ Cabral de Mel, S Seneweera, RK de Mel… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Conflict between humans and Asian elephants is a major conservation
issue. Here we discuss common tools used to manage human-elephant conflict (HEC) in …

Putative neural consequences of captivity for elephants and cetaceans

B Jacobs, H Rally, C Doyle, L O'Brien… - Reviews in the …, 2022 - degruyter.com
The present review assesses the potential neural impact of impoverished, captive
environments on large-brained mammals, with a focus on elephants and cetaceans. These …

Aotus: A Model to Synthesize Studies of Captive and Wild Primates

A Spence-Aizenberg, S Evans, C Wolovich… - Owl Monkeys: Biology …, 2023 - Springer
While often placed in opposition to one another, integrating data from studies of captive and
non-captive nonhuman primates enhances our interpretation of their natural behavior and …

Linking energy availability, movement and sociality in a wild primate (Papio ursinus)

I Fürtbauer, C Shergold… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Proximate mechanisms of 'social ageing', ie shifts in social activity and narrowing of social
networks, are understudied. It is proposed that energetic deficiencies (which are often seen …

Long-term trends in wild-capture and population dynamics point to an uncertain future for captive elephants

J Jackson, DZ Childs, KU Mar… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Maintaining sustainable populations in captivity without supplementation through wild-
capture is a major challenge in conservation that zoos and aquaria are working towards …

[HTML][HTML] Human–elephant coexistence challenges in Myanmar: An analysis of fatal elephant attacks on humans and elephant mortality

ZM Thant, R May, E Røskaft - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the underlying causes behind human–elephant conflict (HEC)-driven
mortality of humans and elephants will help improve both parties' wellbeing. The objective of …

Maternal age at birth shapes offspring life‐history trajectory across generations in long‐lived Asian elephants

S Reichert, V Berger, J Jackson… - Journal of animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advanced maternal age at birth can have pronounced consequences for offspring health,
survival and reproduction. If carried over to the next generation, such fitness effects could …