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Finding Mr. Right: Housing Quality Affects Male Mouse Attractiveness to Females, With Implications for Conservation Captive Breeding

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Housing quality affects male mouse attractiveness to females ABSTRACT Females generally prefer mates with traits indicating low stress (e.g., large size; good health). In captivity, stress from suboptimal housing might therefore reduce male attractiveness.
Prathipa Anandarajan, Jiayi Cai, Georgia Mason   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Sex and Species Distribution, Breeding, and Life Expectancy of Zoo‐Housed Chameleons

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than a third of the 202 identified chameleon species are classified as “vulnerable” or “critically endangered”. No data is available regarding the life expectancy of chameleons kept in zoos. The objectives of this study were to determine the sex and species distribution of chameleons kept in zoological institutions, and to assess their ...
Amélie Aduriz, Floriane Plard, Claire Vergneau‐Grosset   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging Science Across Species: A Biomechanics Outreach Event at the Zoo. [PDF]

Integr Org Biol
Shriver C, Davidson A, Astley HC, Bhamla S, Yung KL, Adams DS, Munteanu VD, Blob RW, Hammer C, Taylor S, Chang YH, Hu DL, Kolar M, Wiech S, Mendelson Iii JR, Schulz AK.   +15 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Dietary and Ranging Behavior of Semi‐Free Ranging Lemur catta and Varecia rubra at Myakka City Lemur Reserve, Florida, USA

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Betsiboka, a female red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) eating Carolina redroot in the Tower forest. ABSTRACT Lemurs are severely threatened due to anthropogenic habitat loss and climate change. Therefore, understanding how lemurs adapt their diets to novel habitats is critically important for maintaining healthy wild populations and effectively managing ...
Ethan Gulledge, Hannah L. Lyles, Lydia E. O. Light, Taylor Fisher, Elizabeth Gandy, Bruce Holst, Timothy D. Bransford, Erik R. Patel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Limited Effects of Temperature on Captive Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) Growth

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
While higher temperatures are generally expected to increase amphibian growth, our experiments with captive‐reared Eastern Hellbenders found no evidence that growth increased at a rearing temperature of 21°C relative to 16°C. As Eastern Hellbender reintroduction efforts move forward, a focus on other conditions, such as density or diet, might be more ...
Kylie S. Soniak, Rod N. Williams, Lewis Single, Nicholas G. Burgmeier, Jason T. Hoverman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Validation of Immunoassays for Total Thyroxine and Free Thyroxine and Age and Sex-Related Variation in Thyroid Hormone Serum Concentrations in Orangutans (Pongo sp.). [PDF]

J Med Primatol
Fayette MA, Moresco A, Bassiouny E, Agnew DW, Petroff B.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Density and Food Availability on the Growth of Captive‐Reared Eastern Hellbenders

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
Our experiments demonstrate that food is the major factor limiting captive‐reared Hellbender growth and that increasing rearing density to the tested levels does not negatively impact growth. Implementing these changes may result in larger, more robust Hellbenders and increase the success of reintroduction programs.
Shelby M. Royal, Summer S. Brown, Nicholas G. Burgmeier, Rod N. Williams, Jason T. Hoverman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social information about others' affective states in a human‐altered world

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Faced with anthropogenic change, animals now encounter challenges different from their evolutionary past. To cope with such challenges, animals may use social information about others' affective states to guide their decisions. Considering affective states of wild animals could have important implications for animal welfare and wildlife conservation ...
Luca G. Hahn, Jordan McDowall, Margaux Vanhussel, Mike Mendl, Alex Thornton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Complete Genome Sequence of Laguna Mountains Skipper (<i>Pyrgus ruralis lagunae</i>). [PDF]

Biodivers Genomes
Sprute M, Pirro S, Koepfli K, Longcore T, Osborne KH, Wilson T, Howorth P, Johnson J.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Deep blueprint: A literature review and guide to automated image classification for ecologists

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
A practical, literature‐grounded review that gives ecologists a clear, modular workflow for deep learning image classification. With code, GUIs and a novel deep sea case study (automated deep sea biotope classification) it lowers technical barriers and provides a usable blueprint for accelerating, standardising, and scaling ecological image analysis ...
Chloe A. Game, Nils Piechaud, Kerry L. Howell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source