Providing baseline data for conservation–Heart rate monitoring in captive scimitar-horned oryx

P Leimgruber, N Songsasen, JA Stabach… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Heart rate biologging has been successfully used to study wildlife responses to natural and
human-caused stressors (eg, hunting, landscape of fear). Although rarely deployed to inform …

Sixty Years of Tinbergen's Four Questions and Their Continued Relevance to Applied Behaviour and Welfare Research in Zoo Animals: A Commentary

R Kelly, P Rose - Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2024 - mdpi.com
Understanding animal behaviour can feel like deciphering a foreign language. In 1963,
pioneering ethologist Nikolaas Tinbergen offered a key: four fundamental questions to …

Social Network Analysis as a Tool in the Care and Wellbeing of Zoo Animals: A Case Study of a Family Group of Black Lemurs (Eulemur macaco)

M Norman, C Jones, K Watson, RL Previdelli - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Social network analysis (SNA) has the potential to be a vital element of a
holistic animal care toolbox, which allows in-depth examination of the social roles of …

Conspecific alarm calls prevent the attenuation of neophobia behavior in wild-caught house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

MG Kimball, DF Masri, EB Gautreaux… - Frontiers in Bird …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Some individuals respond to new objects, foods, or environments with wariness
(neophobia), whereas others are willing to approach and explore. Because novel stimuli can …