Review of the Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on the Behaviour and Physiology of Zoo Animals

Cognitive Foraging Enrichment (but Not Non-Cognitive Enrichment) Improved Several Longer-Term Welfare Indicators in Bottlenose Dolphins

(2023) Isabella L. K. Clegg et al.   Animals

Which index should I use? A comparison of indices for enclosure use studies

(2022) James Brereton et al.   Animal Behavior and Cognition

The Neurobiology of Behavior and Its Applicability for Animal Welfare: A Review

(2022) Genaro A. Coria-Avila et al.   Animals

Housing and Environmental Enrichment of the Domestic Ferret: A Multi-Sector Survey

(2022) Alice M. M. Dancer et al.   Animals

Epigenetics in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation

(2022) Gina F. Lamka et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Zooscape ecology: a conceptual analysis of zoos and landscape ecology

(2022) Daniel Bisgrove   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

How humans adapt to hot climates learned from the recent research on tropical indigenes

(2022) Yutaka Tochihara et al.   Journal of Physiological Anthropology

First Steps towards the Development of Epigenetic Biomarkers in Female Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

(2022) Alexandra Weyrich et al.   Life-Basel

Measuring habitat complexity and spatial heterogeneity in ecology

(2022) Lynette H. L. Loke et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Predictors of psychological stress and behavioural diversity among captive red panda in Indian zoos and their implications for global captive management

(2022) Aamer Sohel Khan et al.   Scientific Reports

Island Life: Use of Activity Budgets and Visibility to Evaluate a Multi-Species Within-Zoo Exhibit Move

(2022) Katherine Finch et al.   Animals

Conservation Biology and Reproduction in a Time of Developmental Plasticity

(2022) William V. Holt et al.   Biomolecules

Interspecific interactions between sympatric apes

(2022) Crickette M. Sanz et al.   iScience

Coexistence or conflict: Black bear habitat use along an urban-wildland gradient

(2022) Joanna Klees van Bommel et al.   PLoS One

Aggression heuristics underlie animal dominance hierarchies and provide evidence of group-level social information

(2021) Elizabeth A. Hobson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diel niche variation in mammals associated with expanded trait space

(2021) D. T. C. Cox et al.   Nature Communications

Getting It Straight: Accommodating Rectilinear Behavior in Captive Snakes—A Review of Recommendations and Their Evidence Base

(2021) Clifford Warwick et al.   Animals

Animal Personality and Conservation: Basics for Inspiring New Research

(2021) Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo et al.   Animals

Sensory and Cognitive Ecology of Bats

(2021) Rachel A. Page et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Expanding the concept of social behavior to interspecific interactions

(2021) Rui F. Oliveira et al.   ETHOLOGY

Putative neural consequences of captivity for elephants and cetaceans

(2021) Bob Jacobs et al.   REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES

Seasonal variation of behavior and brain size in a freshwater fish

(2021) Evan J. Versteeg et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Bridging Captive and Wild Studies: Behavioral Plasticity and Social Complexity in Theropithecus gelada

(2021) Elisabetta Palagi et al.   Animals

Non-Invasive Assessment of the Seasonal Stress Response to Veterinary Procedures and Transportation of Zoo-Housed Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla)

(2021) Gabina V. Eguizábal et al.   Animals

Casting the Net Widely for Change in Animal Welfare: The Plight of Birds in Zoos, Ex Situ Conservation, and Conservation Fieldwork

(2021) Gisela Kaplan   Animals

Natural Habitat Design for Zoo-Housed Elasmobranch and Teleost Fish Species Improves Behavioural Repertoire and Space Use in a Visitor Facing Exhibit

(2021) Kristie Lawrence et al.   Animals

Perspectives of Canadian and American Cat Owners on Provision of Uncontrolled Outdoor Access for Owned Domestic Cats

(2021) Sarah M. L. Tan et al.   Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Animal-Visitor Interactions: Effects, Experiences, and Welfare

(2021) Eduardo J. Fernandez et al.   Animal Behavior and Cognition

Effects of Ultraviolet Light Supplementation on Pekin Duck Production, Behavior, and Welfare

(2020) Gabrielle M. House et al.   Animals

Body Contacts and Social Interactions in Captive Odontocetes Are Influenced by the Context: An Implication for Welfare Assessment

(2020) Agathe Serres et al.   Animals

Mapping Shade Availability and Use in Zoo Environments: A Tool for Evaluating Thermal Comfort

(2020) Jason D. Wark et al.   Animals

Effect of Covering a Visitor Viewing Area Window on the Behaviour of Zoo-Housed Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)

(2020) Samantha J. Chiew et al.   Animals

A global analysis of complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures

(2020) Elisabeth M. A. Strain et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare

(2020) David J. Mellor et al.   Animals

Reaching Natural Growth: The Significance of Light and Temperature Fluctuations in Plant Performance in Indoor Growth Facilities

(2020) Camilo Chiang et al.   Plants-Basel

Aquarium Tank Design Is Integral to the Elimination of Mantle Abrasion in the Captive Curled Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa): A Case Study at Macduff Marine Aquarium

(2020) Lauren E. Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Effects of Cold Exposure on Some Physiological, Productive, and Metabolic Variables in Lactating Dairy Goats

(2020) Wellington Coloma-García et al.   Animals

The role of habitat configuration in shaping social structure: a gap in studies of animal social complexity

(2019) Peng He et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Social complexity from within: how individuals experience the structure and organization of their groups

(2019) Filippo Aureli et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A framework for studying social complexity

(2019) Peter M. Kappeler   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Social complexity: patterns, processes, and evolution

(2019) Peter M. Kappeler et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Individuals in space: personality-dependent space use, movement and microhabitat use facilitate individual spatial niche specialization

(2019) Annika Schirmer et al.   OECOLOGIA

Enrichment reduces stereotypical behaviors and improves foraging development in rehabilitating Eastern Pacific Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina richardii)

(2019) Karli R. Chudeau et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The Harmful Effects of Captivity and Chronic Stress on the Well-being of Orcas (Orcinus orca)

(2019) Lori Marino et al.   Journal of Veterinary Behavior-Clinical Applications and Research

Dilemmas for Natural Living Concepts of Zoo Animal Welfare

(2019) Mark James Learmonth   Animals

The Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals: Implications and Opportunities for Zoo Animal Welfare

(2019) Sally L. Sherwen et al.   Animals

Linking epigenetics and biological conservation: Towards a conservation epigenetics perspective

(2019) Olivier Rey et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The Natural Behavior Debate: Two Conceptions of Animal Welfare

(2019) Heather Browning   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

What Is so Positive about Positive Animal Welfare?—A Critical Review of the Literature

(2019) Alistair B. Lawrence et al.   Animals

Captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ) behavior as a function of space per animal and enclosure type

(2018) Sarah J. Neal Webb et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Habitat complexity effects on diversity and abundance differ with latitude: an experimental study over 20 degrees

(2018) Sally A Bracewell et al.   ECOLOGY

The dimensionality of individual niche variation

(2018) Travis Ingram et al.   ECOLOGY

Habitat heterogeneity induces rapid changes in the feeding behaviour of generalist arthropod predators

(2018) Karin Staudacher et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Habitat structure modifies microclimate: An approach for mapping fine-scale thermal refuge

(2018) Charlotte R. Milling et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Naturalness and Animal Welfare

(2018) James Yeates   Animals

Behaviour-Based Husbandry—A Holistic Approach to the Management of Abnormal Repetitive Behaviors

(2018) Heather Bacon   Animals

Managing Aged Animals in Zoos to Promote Positive Welfare: A Review and Future Directions

(2018) Bethany Krebs et al.   Animals

Birds perceive colours in categories

(2018) Almut Kelber   NATURE

Ultraviolet (UV) light perception by birds: a review

(2018) J. Rajchard   VETERINARNI MEDICINA

The Different Physical and Behavioural Characteristics of Zoo Mammals That Influence Their Response to Visitors

(2018) Marina Queiroz et al.   Animals

Poor human olfaction is a 19th-century myth

(2017) John P. McGann   SCIENCE

Sound at the zoo: Using animal monitoring, sound measurement, and noise reduction in zoo animal management

(2017) David A. Orban et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Interactive effects of temperature and habitat complexity on freshwater communities

(2017) Jennifer Scrine et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Effects of environmental enrichment on behaviour, physiology and performance of pigs — A review

(2017) Mbusiseni Vusumuzi Mkwanazi et al.   ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES

The 24/7 approach to promoting optimal welfare for captive wild animals

(2017) Sabrina Brando et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Does mirror enrichment improve primate well-being?

(2016) B de Groot et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Fine-Scale Microclimatic Variation Can Shape the Responses of Organisms to Global Change in Both Natural and Urban Environments

(2016) Sylvain Pincebourde et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Ultra-Rapid Vision in Birds

(2016) Jannika E. Boström et al.   PLoS One

Animal welfare and efficient farming: is conflict inevitable?

(2016) Marian Stamp Dawkins   Animal Production Science

Describing and understanding behavioral responses to multiple stressors and multiple stimuli

(2016) Robin Hale et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Rainfall Intra-Seasonal Variability and Vegetation Growth in the Ferlo Basin (Senegal)

(2016) Soukèye Cissé et al.   Remote Sensing

Moving beyond the “Five Freedoms” by Updating the “Five Provisions” and Introducing Aligned “Animal Welfare Aims”

(2016) David Mellor   Animals

Animal welfare: a social networks perspective

(2016) Tanja K. Kleinhappel et al.   SCIENCE PROGRESS

Pair housing of Macaques: A review of partner selection, introduction techniques, monitoring for compatibility, and methods for long-term maintenance of pairs

(2015) Melissa A. Truelove et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Animal personality as a cause and consequence of contest behaviour

(2015) M. Briffa et al.   Biology Letters

Diversity in olfactory bulb size in birds reflects allometry, ecology, and phylogeny

(2015) Jeremy R. Corfield et al.   Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Complexity in animal behaviour: towards common ground

(2014) Hélène Cochet et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Visual Acuity in Mammals: Effects of Eye Size and Ecology

(2014) Carrie C. Veilleux et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary conservation-evaluating the adaptive potential of species

(2014) Christophe Eizaguirre et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Environmental enrichment for fish in captive environments: effects of physical structures and substrates

(2014) Joacim Näslund et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Seasonal Changes in Plasma Levels of Sex Hormones in the Greater Rhea (Rhea americana), a South American Ratite with a Complex Mating System

(2014) Diego J. Valdez et al.   PLoS One

Environmental Complexity Influences Association Network Structure and Network-Based Diffusion of Foraging Information in Fish Shoals

(2013) Mike M. Webster et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Metabolic rate and body size are linked with perception of temporal information

(2013) Kevin Healy et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Differential preference for ultraviolet light among captive birds from three ecological habitats

(2013) Megan R. Ross et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Zoos through the Lens of the IUCN Red List: A Global Metapopulation Approach to Support Conservation Breeding Programs

(2013) Dalia A. Conde et al.   PLoS One

Annual rhythms that underlie phenology: biological time-keeping meets environmental change

(2013) B. Helm et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The influence of enclosure design on diurnal activity and stereotypic behaviour in captive Malayan Sun bears (Helarctos malayanus)

(2012) H.M. Tan et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Overstimulation of newborn mice leads to behavioral differences and deficits in cognitive performance

(2012) D. A. Christakis et al.   Scientific Reports

Polyspecific associations between squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) and other primates in eastern Amazonia

(2011) Tatyana Pinheiro et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

The Impact of Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Patterns on Growth and Phenology of Emergent Tree Species in Southeastern Amazonia, Brazil

(2011) James Grogan et al.   BIOTROPICA

Behavioural trait variants in a habitat-forming species dictate the nature of its interactions with and among heterospecifics

(2011) Jonathan N. Pruitt et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Habitat complexity: approaches and future directions

(2011) Katya E. Kovalenko et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Environmental enrichment for a mixed-species nocturnal mammal exhibit

(2011) Fay E. Clark et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Do naturalistic enclosures provide suitable environments for zoo animals?

(2011) María C. Fàbregas et al.   ZOO BIOLOGY

Seasonal variation in the behavior of captive alpine musk deer, Moschus sifanicus, in Xinglongshan Musk Deer Farm, of China

(2011) Luan Xiaofeng et al.   Zoologia

Stress and the epigenetic landscape: a link to the pathobiology of human diseases?

(2010) Sarah E. Johnstone et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Associations between welfare indicators and environmental choice in laying hens

(2009) Christine J. Nicol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The social brain hypothesis and its implications for social evolution

(2009) R.I.M. Dunbar   ANNALS OF HUMAN BIOLOGY

Effects of habitat complexity on the aggressive behaviour of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) in captivity

(2009) Federica Cenni et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Habitat selection at multiple scales

(2009) Stephen J. Mayor et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Positive Reinforcement Training Moderates Only High Levels of Abnormal Behavior in Singly Housed Rhesus Macaques

(2009) Kate C. Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

Age-Related Changes in Nutrient Utilization by Companion Animals

(2008) George C. Fahey et al.   Annual Review of Nutrition

Habitat Complexity, Brain, and Behavior

(2008) Caroly A. Shumway   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

A review of the evolution of animal colour vision and visual communication signals

(2008) D. Osorio et al.   VISION RESEARCH

Habitat use by black bears in relation to conspecifics and competitors

(2007) Danielle E. Garneau et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY